Authors

  • Iroda Rahimova
    University of Tashkent for Applied Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.71337/inlibrary.uz.ijai.80562

Abstract

This article explores the importance of listening comprehension in learning English and how it affects language learning, cognitive growth, and cultural awareness. Like speaking, writing, and reading, listening is a complicated skill that is best honed via constant practice. The foundation of effective communication and a prosperous professional career is the ability to listen. The capacity to absorb and adjust to new information, knowledge, and abilities is improved by effective listening skills. Understanding what is being said is only one aspect of listening comprehension. It involves matching speech to background information, or what the audience is already aware of regarding the topic.

 

 

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THE ROLE OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION IN TEACHING PROCESS

Iroda Rahimova

1EFL teacher of the department of foreign language and literature at

University of Tashkent for Applied Sciences, Gavhar Str. 1, Tashkent 100149, Uzbekistan

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Abstract:

This article explores the importance of listening comprehension in learning English

and how it affects language learning, cognitive growth, and cultural awareness. Like speaking,

writing, and reading, listening is a complicated skill that is best honed via constant practice.

The foundation of effective communication and a prosperous professional career is the ability

to listen. The capacity to absorb and adjust to new information, knowledge, and abilities is

improved by effective listening skills. Understanding what is being said is only one aspect of

listening comprehension. It involves matching speech to background information, or what the

audience is already aware of regarding the topic.

Key words:

evaluating, interpreting, responding,complexity, sense making, metacognitive,

inference, acquisition, contextualization, prediction.

INTRODUCTION:

English has developed into a lingua franca, a universal language that

unites people from many countries and cultures in today's globalized globe. English

proficiency is therefore more crucial than ever for success in the classroom, in the workplace,

and in personal life. The four essential language abilities are listening- listening

comprehension is frequently the most fundamental component of speaking, reading, and

writing. Listening skills play a significant role in dealing with any language and the English

language is also not exception from this. As far as the researcher is concerned, to master this

skill a learner needs some outer and/or inner effect or encouragement. And automatically this

issue is related to comprehension. It goes without saying that when an applicant becomes a

student, a great demand of focusing on language skills comes into being in front of the

learner.The capacity to comprehend spoken words is known as listening comprehension. It

entails not just hearing what is being said, but also processing the data, deciphering the

speaker's meaning, and reacting suitably. This ability is essential since it forms the foundation

of communication. Meaningful interaction is impossible without good listening skills.The

process of listening comprehension is intricate and dynamic, involving multiple elements:

1. Receiving

: The first phase in which the auditory signals are perceived by the listener.

2. Understanding:

Interpreting words and sentences and decoding the language.

3. Interpreting:

Drawing conclusions from nonverbal clues, tone, and context.

4. Evaluating:

Making a critical assessment of the message's accuracy and applicability.

5. Responding:

Offering verbal or nonverbal criticism.


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Since each of these phases calls for some degree of linguistic competency and cognitive

involvement, listening is a difficult ability to learn, especially for non-native speakers.

LITERATURE REVIEW:

Listening is an essential and undervalued skill, notes Cohen

(1988). Why is it then that while the skill of listening is identified by many researchers as one

of the most important qualities people can possess, poor listening is identified repeatedly as

the most common deficiency? Unfortunately, listening skills are very often ignored or just

taken for granted.

According to professors of Indiana University of Pennsylvania School of Graduate

Studies and Research Department of English, listening skills are an essential aspect of the

development of motivation which empowers pupils to develop their communication and

critical thinking skills necessary for functioning competently in the classroom.It is quite clear

that interactive listening is imperative in our daily life as we share ideas because we spend

more time listening to one another in order to respond appropriately in an overall language

learning as compared to other learning skills [1:p.225].

Cohen suggested that teachers should design a series of stimulating discussion

activities that encourage pupils to express their points of view on a given topic, which

advances pupils’ comprehensible input and lets the class generate goals to be accomplished.

To illustrate, teachers can demonstrate to pupils the benefits of what is taught in an ESL

classroom by encouraging pupils to respect each other’s viewpoints while praising pupils for

attentively listening to one another. According to the majority of studies, listening is one of

the four macroskills required for successful communication in any language. Since English is

widely used for communication, particularly online, it is important to develop English

speaking abilities in addition to other skills so that these combined abilities will improve

communication proficiency.[2:p.107]

As Gregory L. Rynders, who held a research in developing listening skills in 1999,

mentioned, cooperative learning in listening is defined in terms of its purpose for using

various learning activities that accommodate pupils’ different learning styles to enhance their

participation and understanding of the topic by creating an atmosphere of achievement. This

is accomplished through cooperative efforts for mutual benefit from each student. It also

promotes and enhances pupils’ self-worth and communication skills which leads to academic

achievement and interpersonal skills.[3:p.10]
How can listening be taught? Making pupils aware of how to select and apply the techniques

that lead to positive outcomes is crucial while teaching listening. Pre-listening exercises assist

students in choosing what to listen for and in focusing on the significance of the content

while they listen. Students must first activate their subject-matter knowledge, and then they

must set a listening goal and assign certain listening exercises. As a result, students are urged

to search for the precise information they must hear and the level of detail needed. Students

can forecast what they might hear by using all the information that is available.A

CLIL(content and language integrated learninig) teacher should constantly provide the

students with language scaffolding. Repetition, rephrasing, use of synonyms and antonyms,

circumlocution, questions, elicitation and oral feedback are some examples of oral language

support. Some examples of visual scaffolding are pictures, maps, charts, tables and other


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graphic organizers that help the listener to structure the information that one is listening to

and pay attention to the key content. For advanced learners, who are listening to lectures, the

listening material can be scaffolded by more complex forms of visuals, such as T- lists or

Venn Diagrams, etc. The use and complexity of visuals depends on the age, level of

language proficiency of the learners and the complexity of the content under study.

Mental processes such as emotive and cognitive processing of information are involved in

listening. As a result, teachers improve students' listening skills by paying close attention to

the cognitive functions and abilities required for perceptive listening, including memory,

sense-making, and assessment. Listening is a flexible communication activity that varies

depending on the speaker's and listener's goals and personalities, the message's substance and

style, the communication channel, and the surrounding circumstances.

RESEARCH METHOD:

To improve comprehension and learning outcomes, listeners

employ cognitive, socio-affective, and metacognitive techniques. Because they supervise,

control, or guide the language acquisition process, metacognitive techniques—such as

planning, note-taking, transfer, resourcing, self-monitoring, evaluation, selective attention,

directed attention, and parsing—are crucial. Elaboration, inference, visualization, summary,

contextualization, grouping, repetition, problem identification, hypothesis testing, translation,

and prediction are examples of cognitive techniques that modify the content to be learned or

apply a particular method to a listening task. Repetition, feedback, uptake, clarification, and

affective control are examples of socio-affective strategies, which define the methods that

listeners employ to work with others, confirm knowledge, or reduce fear. Elaboration,

inference, visualization, summary, contextualization, grouping, repetition, problem

identification, hypothesis testing, translation, and prediction are examples of cognitive

techniques that modify the content to be learned or apply a particular method to a listening

task. Repetition, feedback, uptake, clarification, and affective control are examples of socio-

affective strategies, which define the methods that listeners employ to work with others,

confirm knowledge, or reduce fear. The exercises listed in Table 1 correlate to the three types

of tactics that O'Malley, Chamot, and Küpper suggested be used to enhance the learning

process overall and to build listening comprehension abilities.[4:p.15]

Table 1. Listening comprehension strategies and practice activities

Activities for metacognitive

Activities

for

cognitive

strategies

Activities

for

socio-

affective strategies

1.Preview the content in

different forms.

2.Rehearse the pronunciation

of

potential content words.

3.Establishing the purpose for

listening.

4.Practice

perception

1.Use prior knowledge and

knowledge about the target

language to elaborate and

complete interpretation.

2.Infer missing or unfamiliar

words using contextual clues,

familiar content words, visual

clues.

1.Paraphrase

what

speakers say to check

understanding

2.Ask

speaker

for

clarification

and

repetition.

3.Learn to relax before

and during listening.


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regularly.

5.Take

short

notes

of

important content words.

6.Check

current

comprehension with context

of the message and prior

knowledge.

7.Continue to listen for

clarification in spite of

difficulty.

8.Evaluate

comprehension

using

contexts, prior knowledge and

external resources.

9.Determine potential value of

subsequent parts of input.

10.Listen

selectively

according to purpose.

11.Listen for gist.

12.Determine the potential

value of subsequent parts and

vary

intensity

of

attentionaccordingly.

13.Memorize

words

or

phrases for later processing.

14.Pay attention to discourse

markers, visuals and div

language, tones and

pauses.

3.Draw on knowledge of the

world.

4.Apply knowledge about the

target language.

5.Visualize scenes, objects,

events, etc. being described.

6.Reconstruct meaning using

words heard.

7.Relate one part of the text to

another.

8.Relate limited interpretation

to a wider social/linguistic

context.

9.Assess the importance of

problematic parts and decide

whether to ignore them or

actively seek clarification.

10.Find L1 equivalents for

selected key words.

11.Translate a sequence of

utterance.

12.Predict general contents

before listening using contexts

and prior knowledge.

13.Predict

details

and

unfinished

utterances using contexts and

prior knowledge.

4.Encourage oneself to

continue

listening.

According to studies, proficient listeners employ more metacognitive techniques and are

more adaptable when doing so than their less proficient peers. While learners with less

proficient language skills employ fewer strategies and are unable to select the appropriate

strategies for the assigned task, proficient listeners appear to be able to choose from a wide

variety of strategies and use the appropriate ones selectively and flexibly in accordance with

the task demands.[5:p.124]

CONCLUSION:

It should be noted, in conclusion, that listening proficiency is a

sophisticated ability that requires practice. Instructors ought to give their students the chance

to consider how they listen and how they do it. The position of the instructor is crucial

because they not only help the students listen, but they also inspire them and give them

authority over their education.The entire learning process includes the development of

effective listening abilities. Without the broader framework of CLIL or any other educational

methodology, it is impossible to dissect and evaluate as a distinct talent. However, as prior

research suggests (Liubinienė, 2008), from a language perspective, CLIL students improve


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their listening and oral communication skills, as well as their reading and academic writing

abilities. They also learn how to present themselves and give spontaneous answers to

questions. As a result, they unquestionably enhance proficiency in both subjects and foreign

languages. [6:p.42]

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Morley, J., 2001. Aural Comprehension Instruction: Principles and Practices. In: M. Celce-Murcia, ed. Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, 3rd edition. Boston: Heinle & Heinle. p.225

Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences (2nd ed.). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.p.(107-111)

Gregory L.Rynders (1999).Listening and leadership: a study on their relationship.An applied research project submitted to the National Fire Academy as part of the Executive Fire Officer Program. January 1999 p.10

Chamot, A. U., & Kupper L. (1989). Learning Strategies in Foreign Language Instruction. Foreign Language Annals, 22, 13-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1944-9720.1989.tb03138.x

Goh C. 1998 `How Learners with Different Listening Abilities Use Comprehension Strategies and Tactics', Language Teaching Research 2: p.124-47.

Liubinienė, V., 2008. Has CLIL Got the Future in Engineering Education Curriculum? Global Cooperation in Engineering Education. ISI Conference Proceedings. Kaunas:Technologija, pp. 42-46.

Brown, J. (2020). *Listening Skills in Language Acquisition*. Language Learning Journal, 45(2), 123-135.

Smith, A., & Lee, K. (2019). *The Role of Listening Comprehension in ESL Education*. TESOL Quarterly, 53(4), 789-803.

Johnson, L. (2018). *Effective Strategies for Improving Listening Comprehension*. Journal of Applied Linguistics, 12(3), 215-230.

.Brown, H. D., 1994. Principles of Language Learning and Teaching. 3rd edition.

O'Malley, J. M. & Chamot, A. U., 1994. Implementing the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.