The Development of the Language Skill of Listening Comprehension

Abstract

This bachelor thesis deals with the development of listening comprehension. The theoretical part presents the goals of English language teaching and learning stemming from curricular documents. Subsequently, it describes the goals of listening comprehension. Furthermore, the thesis defines the language skill of listening comprehension as a process. Lastly, the principles and aspects of teaching listening comprehension are discussed. These serve as a source for the list of criteria on which base the research was carried out. The practical part of the thesis aims to determine whether, and in which way the development of listening comprehension is being promoted by teachers in the lower secondary school.