DEVELOPING LISTENING SKILLS IN AN EFL CLASSROOM: METHODS AND STRATEGIES

Language is an important tool for communication and has proven as a mutual connection of individuals. Nevertheless, communication does not mean only speaking, but also listening which is the most exact way of feeling the current conversations and relationships. More than a billion people, based on some statistics, use English as a communicative language and it has been an Internationally widespread language in all age groups of today`s society. Therefore, modern pedagogy has faced various challenges in adapting to new educational needs including developing language skills, especially listening. Information about contemporary methods and strategies for teaching listening to non-native English learners, and certain ways of implementing the suggested methods and strategies into practice are given in the article. It explains different methods and strategies for developing listening including some disadvantages and advantages of the proposed solutions.