LISTENING

      Listening is the basis for the development of all other skills and the main channel through which the student makes initial contact with the target language and its culture. Through active listening, students acquire vocabulary and syntax, as well as better pronunciation, accent and intonation.  Though listening skill is very important, for some language learners it is considered to be the most difficult language skill.

        Communiction happens if there is an interaction between the speaker and the listener. Therefore, listening comprehension activities have a direct and important relationship to the amount and quality of speaking skill. Successful listening for language learners depends on many factors such as the knowledge of the language, background knowledge, etc.

        To improve listening skill, students need to listen to various listening texts for different situations, such as short dialog on the phone, annoucement in the airport, instruction on how to operate a new machine, speeches, poems, songs, etc.

        The main objective of listening comprehension practice in junior high school level is that the students should learn to function successfully in real life situations. In detail, the purpose of listening activity is that the students are able to do the instruction or to gain information from different kinds of listening texts or genres. (for example; monolog: speech, reports, instruction, poems, songs, etc, and dialog: debate, discussion, movie etc). Moreover, they are able to complete the information and respond to questions. To reach the goals, the teacher should consider several things, such as students’ motivation, interest and learning style.

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