Listening,speaking,reading and writing are the four basic components of language ability,and similarly for second language (L2) acquisition,the main goal is to develop these four sets of skills.Although the field of L...Listening,speaking,reading and writing are the four basic components of language ability,and similarly for second language (L2) acquisition,the main goal is to develop these four sets of skills.Although the field of L2 teaching has been given much attention and there are plenty of established pedagogy and practices in the field,listening teaching and learning seems to be a rela?tively less explored area.As Lynch (2011) points out,our understanding and research on the process,teaching and testing of L2 lis?tening are generally inadequate compared to the other three skills.However,in recent decades,especially since the 1980s,inspired by the concept of comprehensible input by Krashen,listening skills have begun to gain more research attention and its role and value in language learning has also been recognized more sufficiently.展开更多
文摘Listening,speaking,reading and writing are the four basic components of language ability,and similarly for second language (L2) acquisition,the main goal is to develop these four sets of skills.Although the field of L2 teaching has been given much attention and there are plenty of established pedagogy and practices in the field,listening teaching and learning seems to be a rela?tively less explored area.As Lynch (2011) points out,our understanding and research on the process,teaching and testing of L2 lis?tening are generally inadequate compared to the other three skills.However,in recent decades,especially since the 1980s,inspired by the concept of comprehensible input by Krashen,listening skills have begun to gain more research attention and its role and value in language learning has also been recognized more sufficiently.
