Listening as a Constructive Process

In this talk, we’ll see how the evidence of the ears can be influenced and thus is not as stable as we suppose. Having said that, an expert listener successfully employs a range of processes in order to understand what’s being said, but, obviously, it’s not so easy for the non-expert listener. We’ll consider the nature of spontaneous speech, and investigate slips of the ear which offer insights into listening problems which might inform our classroom practice.