Teaching Listening in the EFL Classroom

Basic Concepts:
Listening skills are tied to speaking and pronunciation
skills. Most likely if a student can correctly
pronounce something and speak it in a natural and common
way - she will understand it when she hears it spoken.
When you have the opportunity to teach pronunciation and
listening together - you will see many similarities in
the content that you are covering.
Once again
you will be teaching students about reductions, linking,
stress, and rhythm in natural speech. But you will also
- as in teaching reading (listening and reading are
"receptive skills") - be teaching students to listen for
main ideas and details. And like pre-reading - you also
set the stage with pre-listening activities to set the
context for listening.
Teaching listening skills is rewarding as students can
often make good gains rather quickly - with proper
instruction.
Expanded
Concepts:
Read the following links for discussions about teaching
listening skills
The British Council Listening Page - Read the
sub-pages too. This is one of the best sections about
listening on the Internet.
Listening Comprehension - Concepts and Exercises
Teaching Listening Skills - an EXCELLENT page, read
the sub-pages too.