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SOME TRENDS IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Author(s) -
DIRVEN RENÉ
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
world englishes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.6
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-971X
pISSN - 0883-2919
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-971x.1981.tb00442.x
Subject(s) - listening comprehension , active listening , comprehension , psychology , linguistics , foreign language , cognitive psychology , pedagogy , communication , philosophy
The present situation in most foreign‐language (FL) classes is, surely, that listening comprehension is under‐represented. Against this background it is astonishing that a number of writers, especially in the USA, claim absolute priority for listening comprehension and want to have speaking delayed, even believing early attempts at oral proficiency to be prejudicial to mastery of the foreign language. I do not share this rather extreme view and will rather plead for an integration of listening and speaking skills.