DEVELOPING LISTENING SKILLS IN AN EFL CLASSROOM: METHODS AND STRATEGIES

Abstract

Language serves as a means of daily communication and is crucial for expressing one`s ideas, thoughts, and feelings to others. One must study receptive (listening, reading) and productive (writing, speaking) skills for learning a certain language. Learning any language, such as English, involves developing all four skills to interact effectively. Compared to these four skills, listening is the first skill that non-native learners build initially. The process of Listening means ‘To pay attention to somebody/something that you can hear’ according to Hornby (2005).