THE MERGING OF ORAL AND LISTENING SKILLS:A STEP IN TEH IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING METHODS——Report on co-teaching between associate professor Ge Hong Jiu(China)and foreign expert Ralf Dua(Belgium).

This paper presents the view that speaking and listening skills should be taught together in way that re-flects real-life communication.Suitable classroom activities are proposed.The authors present theirown experience,as Chinese lecturer and foreign expert,in co-teaching their combined classes in orderto integrate the teaching of speaking and listening skills.