Aspects of Listening Comprehension in English Learning

Abstract

Listening comprehension is an important speech ability to develop when
learning a foreign language. It is also referred to as an "audition" in some
publications. A sort of receptive speech activity is audition. S.V. Govorun defines
listening comprehension as an active process that includes the hearing,
understanding, and direct interpretation of a spoken message [Govorun. 2015, 12].
Listening comprehension (LC) is a complex speech activity because the
listener needs to be able to quickly receive the message or information he is listening
to, understand its content, and keep it in memory. Studies show that LC is less
developed in pupils and students than other speaking skills. When a student reads,
he/she receives 6 times more information than in LC, the reason is that LC skills are
not well developed in language learners. It should be noted that LC skills directly
help the improvement of other speech activities. It is an integral part of speech [O'.
Hoshimov, I. Yakubov, 2003].