2.1.1 Meaning of Listening
There have been substantial studies about the meaning of listening which
are the essential theories for teaching listening in foreign languages. Listening is a
process which uses human body’s performance, brain and mind to listen the audio and
connect with the listeners’ experience or their background knowledge then interpret
sound and memorize what is useful or what they like (Tida Mosigarat 1983 : 324).
Additionally, it is not only hearing, but the meaning refers to a hearing with
knowledge and understanding to the meaning of voice and meets the points of the
utterance which the speaker wants to communicate (Wijitra Sangponlasit 1979 : 1;
Chatra Boonnak 1986 : 260; Sanit Tangtawee 1986 : 3).
Listening is a usage of a sense of hearing through humans’ ears. The stories
that humans listen may be or might be not understandable. When the listeners well
consider and follow those story meanings, a listening process is accomplished
(Noppadon Chanpen 1992 : 36).