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Literacy Listens

Literacy Listens is a short-form podcast that explores listening comprehension and its role in reading development. Each episode makes research actionable with practical strategies to help educators build strong readers.

Episode 1: Introduction to Listening Comprehension

Episode 2: From Shallow to Deep — What Good Comprehension Looks Like

Episode 3: Why Comprehension Is So Complex

Episode 4: Unpacking Listening Comprehension — An Orchestra of Skills

Episode 5: Building the Foundation — Vocabulary, Grammar, and Syntax

Episode 6: Inference, Perspective Taking, and Reasoning — Unlocking Deeper Understanding

Episode 7: Noticing When Meaning Breaks Down — Comprehension Monitoring

Episode 8: Organizing Meaning — Text Structure Awareness

Episode 9: The Role of Knowledge

Episode 10: Zooming out: What’ve Learned About Listening Comprehension

Episode 11: Assessing Listening Comprehension

Episode 12: Supporting Multilingual Learners Through Listening Comprehension

Episode 13: A Multicomponent Approach