Several factors influence listening comprehension of English radio news broadcasts. The study adopted a questionnaire to investigate students' recognition of these factors. On the basis of this analysis, students ...Several factors influence listening comprehension of English radio news broadcasts. The study adopted a questionnaire to investigate students' recognition of these factors. On the basis of this analysis, students put emphasis on vocabulary and background knowledge and they were aware of the approaches to better listening comprehension and making some practical preparations before doing the listening tasks. However some differences exist between the effective listeners and less-effective listeners,specially regarding to speech rate and out-of-class relevant practice.展开更多
INTRODUCTION As English teachers, we have devoted a lot of time to the teaching of listening comprehension using radio broadcasts. We began by using VOA news in special English with freshmen and a mixture of news in s...INTRODUCTION As English teachers, we have devoted a lot of time to the teaching of listening comprehension using radio broadcasts. We began by using VOA news in special English with freshmen and a mixture of news in special English and standard news broadcasts with sophomores. Later BBC news was used. We accumulated a considerable amount of experience and did some research into the design of listening comprehension exercises. This article discusses how listening ability may be improved by using such broadcasts.展开更多
Radio and television outfits constitute a subset of the mass media belonging specifically to the broadcast system, and vitally provide information useful for development （among others） to its adherents, consumers, a...Radio and television outfits constitute a subset of the mass media belonging specifically to the broadcast system, and vitally provide information useful for development （among others） to its adherents, consumers, and audiences. Health reporting or health news is an aspect of health communication through which the audiences are informed of all matters relating to their total well-being. In this paper, the authors investigated news reporting among broadcast outfits in Lagos-Nigeria as a measure to monitor or watchdog and report the reporter to his clients. The investigation was in two parts： One looked at his strategies in covering and reporting health in the environment; while the other examined news bulletins to subject its health news to a content analysis. The study revealed that health is a neglected concern in broadcast reporting with trigger or vulture approach/practice among broadcast outfits.展开更多
文摘Several factors influence listening comprehension of English radio news broadcasts. The study adopted a questionnaire to investigate students' recognition of these factors. On the basis of this analysis, students put emphasis on vocabulary and background knowledge and they were aware of the approaches to better listening comprehension and making some practical preparations before doing the listening tasks. However some differences exist between the effective listeners and less-effective listeners,specially regarding to speech rate and out-of-class relevant practice.
文摘INTRODUCTION As English teachers, we have devoted a lot of time to the teaching of listening comprehension using radio broadcasts. We began by using VOA news in special English with freshmen and a mixture of news in special English and standard news broadcasts with sophomores. Later BBC news was used. We accumulated a considerable amount of experience and did some research into the design of listening comprehension exercises. This article discusses how listening ability may be improved by using such broadcasts.
文摘Radio and television outfits constitute a subset of the mass media belonging specifically to the broadcast system, and vitally provide information useful for development （among others） to its adherents, consumers, and audiences. Health reporting or health news is an aspect of health communication through which the audiences are informed of all matters relating to their total well-being. In this paper, the authors investigated news reporting among broadcast outfits in Lagos-Nigeria as a measure to monitor or watchdog and report the reporter to his clients. The investigation was in two parts： One looked at his strategies in covering and reporting health in the environment; while the other examined news bulletins to subject its health news to a content analysis. The study revealed that health is a neglected concern in broadcast reporting with trigger or vulture approach/practice among broadcast outfits.
