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Listen Wise: Teach Students to Be Better Listeners
Listen Wise Listening skills form part of the foundation of any successful student's repertoire of abilities. Crucial to academic performance and success throughout life, attentive listening can transform students' ability to absorb and understand information quickly and efficiently.
In Listen Teach Students to Be Better Listeners , journalist, entrepreneur, and author Monica Brady-Myerov delivers an insightful and practical examination of how to build powerful listening skills in K-12 students. The book incorporates the Lexile Framework for Listening and explains why it is revolutionizing the field of listening and contributing to a surging recognition of its importance in the academic curriculum. It also includes firsthand classroom stories and incisive teacher viewpoints that highlight effective strategies to teach critical listening skills.
You'll discover real-world examples and modern, research-based advice on how to assist young people in improving their listening abilities and overall academic performance. You'll also find personal anecdotes from the accomplished and experienced author alongside accessible excerpts from the latest neuroscience research covering listening and auditory learning.
Listen Wise explains why listening skills in students are crucial to improving reading skills, especially amongst those students still learning English. The book is a critical resource that demonstrates why listening is the missing piece of the literary puzzle and shows educators exactly what they can do to support students in the development of this key skill.
Perfect for K-12 teachers looking for effective new ways to understand their students and how they learn, Listen Wise will also earn a place in the libraries of college and master's level students in education programs readying themselves for a career in teaching
In Listen Teach Students to Be Better Listeners , journalist, entrepreneur, and author Monica Brady-Myerov delivers an insightful and practical examination of how to build powerful listening skills in K-12 students. The book incorporates the Lexile Framework for Listening and explains why it is revolutionizing the field of listening and contributing to a surging recognition of its importance in the academic curriculum. It also includes firsthand classroom stories and incisive teacher viewpoints that highlight effective strategies to teach critical listening skills.
You'll discover real-world examples and modern, research-based advice on how to assist young people in improving their listening abilities and overall academic performance. You'll also find personal anecdotes from the accomplished and experienced author alongside accessible excerpts from the latest neuroscience research covering listening and auditory learning.
Listen Wise explains why listening skills in students are crucial to improving reading skills, especially amongst those students still learning English. The book is a critical resource that demonstrates why listening is the missing piece of the literary puzzle and shows educators exactly what they can do to support students in the development of this key skill.
Perfect for K-12 teachers looking for effective new ways to understand their students and how they learn, Listen Wise will also earn a place in the libraries of college and master's level students in education programs readying themselves for a career in teaching
240 pages, ebook
Published March 23, 2021
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September 10, 2021Disclaimer: I am friends with Monica, although I bought the book myself.
This is an interesting dive into the pedagogy of listening and it's connection with reading and other skills. Written primarily for teachers, with examples of exercises and discussion points, I learned a lot about the subject.
This is an interesting dive into the pedagogy of listening and it's connection with reading and other skills. Written primarily for teachers, with examples of exercises and discussion points, I learned a lot about the subject.
January 22, 2022
It is clear that reading and writing have been the focus of English Language Arts. Although "listening" has been added to the Common Core Standards, it has not been given enough attention in classrooms. Listening is such an important skill to have in life! Most teachers read to their classes with emotion and children respond to questions and discuss the characters, the events, make predictions, etc. Reading creates pictures in students' minds but does not have the "emotion" of a story told in a podcast. Listenwise has numerous podcasts that students can listen to and answer questions, some of which respond to how the narrator feels, or how in an interview, the interviewee feels about a specific topic. So many adults listen to stories on NPR and are fascinated by the stories! Young students can have the same experiences listening to podcasts that are age-appropriate and even relate to topics being studied in school! Along with the podcasts are the printable translations if teachers feel that the printables will help students focus better and read along to become better readers. This book gives so many examples of how teachers can use Listen Wise for elementary, middle, and high school students. I intend to use Listenwise to tutor my students online, connecting podcasts with the subjects of the books my students read. I will use the assessments included in Listenwise to figure out how well the students are able to listen and process the information and emotion of the speaker. Integrating Reading and listening should be treated equally in each classroom. I would encourage students of all ages to make their own podcasts, individually or in groups. This would be a way for students to synthesize information about a topic of study, create a book report, conduct an interview, etc. Monica Brady-Myerov, you ROCK!
July 21, 2024
Lesson Learned: Avoid Teaching Books by Authors Lacking Classroom Experience
Summer is my time to read up on teaching books to refresh before the new school year. My options for audiobooks are limited, so I was happy to see this one available. However, this book's main problem is that it’s pitched as an instructional guide for teachers, yet the author clearly lacks direct knowledge of modern classroom demands and practices, and isn't familiar with current research.
While the author touches on the Lexile Framework for Listening, which her site offers material for (for a fee), she fails to situate LFL within educational history or discuss its limitations. The first part of the book meanders between general statements on why listening is important—claims that are true but need more streamlined arguments backed by studies—and fairly pointless detours into her childhood and work history. The editor should share some blame here.
The result is a product that likely appeals more to educational bureaucrats and middle managers, who haven't taught in years (if ever) and seek easy initiatives to support without much effort to understand. The policies discussed are fine but basic and redundant even for novice teachers with rudimentary training in language acquisition. The book's dual role as a sales pitch for her website is unseemly. I have no experience with the website so I cannot speak to the quality of the material they are selling.
Ultimately, there are much better books on this subject which will give teachers a much deeper understanding of listening, a better grasp on the science of language / thought, how audiotory processing is a crucial aspect of those mental processes, and much better practical implementation tips that don't require signing up for a premium website.
Summer is my time to read up on teaching books to refresh before the new school year. My options for audiobooks are limited, so I was happy to see this one available. However, this book's main problem is that it’s pitched as an instructional guide for teachers, yet the author clearly lacks direct knowledge of modern classroom demands and practices, and isn't familiar with current research.
While the author touches on the Lexile Framework for Listening, which her site offers material for (for a fee), she fails to situate LFL within educational history or discuss its limitations. The first part of the book meanders between general statements on why listening is important—claims that are true but need more streamlined arguments backed by studies—and fairly pointless detours into her childhood and work history. The editor should share some blame here.
The result is a product that likely appeals more to educational bureaucrats and middle managers, who haven't taught in years (if ever) and seek easy initiatives to support without much effort to understand. The policies discussed are fine but basic and redundant even for novice teachers with rudimentary training in language acquisition. The book's dual role as a sales pitch for her website is unseemly. I have no experience with the website so I cannot speak to the quality of the material they are selling.
Ultimately, there are much better books on this subject which will give teachers a much deeper understanding of listening, a better grasp on the science of language / thought, how audiotory processing is a crucial aspect of those mental processes, and much better practical implementation tips that don't require signing up for a premium website.
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August 27, 2021Commute listen that I knew was geared towards educators but that I was hoping would have more for non-educators about active listening and such. Unfortunately it didn’t. I’m not going to rate it since I was looking for something that wasn’t advertised, but here are some thoughts:
-overall pretty interesting stuff about teaching listening and how educators should focus on the skill of listening almost as much as they already reading comprehension skills
-did have some nuggets of knowledge for non-educators, but probably not enough to recommend it. for teachers, though, I could see this influencing curriculums
-it is kind of a book-long ad for the author’s company, which is fine, but you ought to know that going in
-overall pretty interesting stuff about teaching listening and how educators should focus on the skill of listening almost as much as they already reading comprehension skills
-did have some nuggets of knowledge for non-educators, but probably not enough to recommend it. for teachers, though, I could see this influencing curriculums
-it is kind of a book-long ad for the author’s company, which is fine, but you ought to know that going in
June 4, 2025
This book gives a wealth of information to help guide teachers to teach listening in their classrooms. I found the class activity sections very insightful. I want to use many of the ideas going into next year. I can’t wait to get started on the students creating their own podcast to go along with their research on the book “Refugee”. I think that using many of her strategies at the beginning of the year will prove to be a more listening capable room where I hope to not be repeating myself as much as I did this last year!
March 15, 2022
Great book, and I wrote my thoughts down here - https://www.mguhlin.org/2021/08/mynot...
April 29, 2023
Lots of helpful classroom activities included in this book!
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