UNIT 7 : LISTENING

It is another receptive skill and involves making sense of the meaningful sounds of language. In other words, it means that listening includes understanding of the spoken language. According to  (Chandrakesan, 2014) listening contains examples of incomplete sentences, hesitations, utterances , simple grammar and general vocabulary which are useful in a job and in the personal life. Besides, it as the other skills has subskills. These subskills are listening for gist/global understanding, detail, specific information and infer attitude. (Burns, 2010)states that there are other ways to listen; such as, listening intensively and extensively. It means listening in a detailed way or putting emphasis in a general idea.

In addition, this skill counts with complex features that prevent a message from being understood.  (Cotter, 2014) says that these features are colloquialism, accent, intonation,inflection and stress. One reason that he explains is that English is not spoken in the same way in all countries and this is why it is difficult.

Finally, I believe it is the most difficult skill to be developed; nonetheless, the best way to deal with this problem is through activities that give learners the opportunity to be exposed to a range of accents, text types, speeds of delivery and listening skills.

REFERENCES:

Burns, W. (2010). Intensive and Extensive Listening. Retrieved from http://www.englishadvantageblog.com/2010/05/20/intensive-and-extensive-listening/

Cotter, C. (2014). Listening: What Makes It Difficult? Retrieved from

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140709212858-26665973-listening-what-makes-it-difficult

Chandrakesan, G. (2014). 10 Key Qualities Of Listening Skill That Will Help You To Win In Work And

Personal Life. Retrieved from https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140804090214-30730729-10-key

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