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Top Down and Botton Up
Top Down and Botton Up
BOTTON UP
FOR RECEPTIVE SKILLS
DEBORA ESCOBAL
DANIELA PACHECO
ROSARIO GARCÍA
RAFA UZURIAGA
WHAT ARE THESE
PROCCESSES?
top-down
concepts, grammar....
expectations
activation in the
bottom-up
auditory cortex
vibration of the tympanic
membrane
Acoustic wave
TOP DOWN BOTTOM UP
Words
IMPORTANCE MEANING
Successful listening and reading depends on the ability
to combine these two types of processing. Both
Letters process help students to become more effective
listeners and readers in real-life situations and
undertand better an specific topic.
EXAMPLES
TOP DOWN BOTTON UP
Listen to a friend talking Your friend invites you to a
about his last holidays in a party, you don’t know the
beach. adress, so you listen and take
“We are using our previous notes.
experience and knowlegde to “We are listening exact
undestand the main idea” words to recognise and
memorize important
instructions ”
Thank you!