TEACHING LISTENING THROUGH BEHAVIORAL APPROACH

Abstract

This paper talks about teacher’s techniques or behaviors that may enhance the acquisition of listening skills. Listening is receiving language through the ears. Listening involves identifying the sounds of speech and processing them into words and sentences. When you listen, you use your ears to receive individual sounds (letters, stress, rhythm and pauses) and you use your brain to convert these into messages that mean something to us.

Listening in any language requires focus and attention. It is a skill that some people need to work at harder than others. People who have difficulty concentrating are typically poor listeners. Listening in a second language requires even greater focus. In this article you will learn some techniques and behavior as a teacher that has an effect on the performance of the students.