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TOP DOWN &

BOTTON UP
FOR RECEPTIVE SKILLS
DEBORA ESCOBAL
DANIELA PACHECO
ROSARIO GARCÍA
RAFA UZURIAGA
WHAT ARE THESE
PROCCESSES?

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01 Is a process that people 02 Is a process that people
use previous knowledge use letters, words,
and experiences to sentences and sounds to
contextualize and understand a topic, so
undestand better a topic. people use information
related to the information
given.
Context

top-down
concepts, grammar....

expectations

Best interpretation of the stimulus

activation in the
bottom-up

auditory cortex
vibration of the tympanic
membrane

Acoustic wave
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A bottom up occurs when we decode letters


KNOWLEDGE
leading to words and words into sentences,
Meaning EXPERIENCES
in this process the reader obtains and
understands the meaning of the text. EMOTIONS
Text
A top down process in which the readers
Paragraph use prior knowledge of the text structure READER´S
and text content guides them toward INTENTIONS
Sentence meaning.

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
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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!

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