The Ways of Developing Students’ Listening Skills

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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 THEORETICAL BASES OF TEACHING LISTENING 1.1 Teaching listening comprehension as a part of educational process at school 1.2 Teacher’s speech as a basic form of teaching listening comprehension 1.3 Principles for developing listening ability1.4 Teaching listening methods2 THE USE OF ACTIVITIES DEVELOPING LISTENING COMPREHENSION2.1 Types of listening activities2.2 Techniques the teacher uses to develop hearing2.3 Language techniques in listening assessing proficiency CONCLUSIONREFERENCESAPPENDIX | 3 5 6 8 9 15 17 21 26 28 | INTRODUCTION Language is a medium of communication, which helps the members of a community in the society, to communicate and interact with one another. This involves both verbal and non-verbal communication. Language focuses on listening and reading that can be named as passive or receptive skills, while speaking and writing can be named as, active or productive skills. Listening is one of the important skills in learning a language. The process of acquiring a language starts with listening and ends up in the production of writing. After birth, a child hears variety of sounds and can distinguish among them. Every language has a common and a natural sequence for the development of the language skills. Listening skill is ranked first of all the four folds. This highlights the importance of listening skill in the life of human beings. Students normally face and encounter listening problems especially in foreign languages. This paper presents arguments for an emphasis on listening comprehension in language learning/teaching. An explanation of how listeners can use strategies to enhance the learning process is presented, with a review of the existing research base on how second language listening is
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