1. What kind of top down strategies do you plan to use before you listen to this interview?
listening to conversations and identifying where they take place, reading information about a topic then listening to find whether or not the same points are mentioned, or inferring the relationships between the people involved.
2. What kind of bottom up strategies do you plan to use before you listen to this interview?
I’ll write what I hear, before reconstructing the complete sentences in pairs or groups. By comparing their version with the correct sentences, I’ll become more aware of the sounds of normal spoken English, and how this is different from the written or carefully spoken form. This will help me to develop the skill.