Learning to Listen and Listening to Learn Empowering Visible Clarity

"I am thrilled that, finally, listening came into the focus of educators and researchers in education and teaching. Listening is probably the most underrated skill in educational settings. Although it is the most required skill per (school) day in many different ways, it is the skill to which the least amount of instruction time has traditionally been dedicated. I found it impressive, how the text explores the different aspects and purposes of listening and how a variety of concrete and practical instructional strategies and procedures are included to demonstrate how listening instruction can be put into the classroom practice. Listening is so much more than hearing as illustrated in the five-ear listening model. This is an extremely important work to bring listening into the classroom and to support teachers to develop and to teach listening skills! To combine the VL approach with issues of listening instruction is meaningful." Margarete Imhof Psychologie in den Bildungswissenschaften, Mainz, Germany