The theory give emphasizes the listening-speaking-reading-writing order.
Listening is important in developing speaking proficiency and so receives particular emphasis. There are strong arguments, both physiological and psychological, for combiming speaking practice with training in listening comprehension.
Speaking is effective through listening. By hearing the sounds, articulation is more accurate, with differentiation of sounds, memorization and internalization of proper auditory sounds images. Development of a feel for the new language gains interest for the language.
There has been practically no much study or experiments to determine how much time should be taken between listening experience and speaking practice.
Listening comprehension is most neglected in language learning. It is generally treated as incidental to speaking rather than as a foundation for it. Texts, guides and course of study contain tests for evaluating progress in listening comprehension, but they rarely contain specific learning materials designed for the systematic development of this skill.
Here are some materials that can be adapted for improving listening comprehension:
The dialogue should be presented as a story, in the foreign language, using simple language.
The meaning of some of the new words and expressions that will appear in the dialogue should be explained through gestures, visual aids, synonyms, etc. The idea is to teach the content in the story.
Different roleplays can be used to present the dialogue.
Without stopping, the dialogue can be gone through to hear how the entire conversation sounds at normal speed.
True and false activity can improve comprehension.
The entire dialogue can be repeatef at normal rate speed. The student can close his eyes to eliminate distractions and increase his listening concentration.
A listening comprehension test can be given.
Listening comprehension practice can be given using dialogues from other courses of
study or recorded materials that contain most of the language that has previously been learned by the students. The speaking practice would begin after listening comprehension. The students will be ready to speak at this time. Speaking practice can proceed according to sequence.
1.Pattern practice can be based on material taken from the dialogue.
2.Mimicking can practice the dialogue itself.
3.Performance of the dialogue in front of class and at the seats with the tudents changing roles and partners from time to time.
4.Dialogue can be adaptated.
Memorization of techniques suggested represent an approach that will enable student to memorize larger segments at a time and perform dialogues as a whole with more confidence. In the meantime, if teachers are willing to use their imagination and experiment with new techniques, many ways can be found to emphasize the audio in the method.[6]