DEVELOPING LISTENING COMPREHENSION IN ELT

Abstract

Listening comprehension plays an important role in mastering a foreign language, since it is one of the channels for transmitting information that allows students to enrich their knowledge of the language. So, in the English language classes, conducted according to the communicative method, students are constantly in a conversational environment. They are forced to perceive the speech of the teacher, their fellow students, as well as the sound range of audio and video materials. If students fail to understand the content of the interlocutor's phrases, discussions, then this situation can cause them negative emotions, since listening comprehension affects the ability to speak, read and write in English. Moreover, listening is one of the skills that students especially need to practice. This is evidenced by their lack of confidence when listening to radio broadcasts, audio lectures, reading native speakers, as students are often asked to replay the recording. This article will define listening comprehension, types of listening while teaching English as foreign language.