Due to the fact that the communicative approach is increasingly used in EFL situation, we, therefore, stress the
importance of students‘ communicative competence. The need for competence in listening in EFL English language
learners is increasing, so that listening teaching has attracted considerable attention. Unfortunately, the teaching of
listening skills is still neglected in the English language teaching process. EFL learners have serious problems in
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English listening comprehension due to the fact that universities pay more attention to English grammar, reading and
vocabulary. Listening and speaking skills are not important parts of many course books or curricula and teachers do not
seem to pay attention to these skills while designing their lessons. EFL English language learners have limited listening
comprehension. Listening levels of learners are different from each other, because listening is affected by crucial factors.
The most important factors that should be emphasized are: the significance of listening, the study of listening teaching
theory and use of the most advanced listening teaching methods. In many English language classes, grammartranslation
method is used for teaching. This method has been found inadequate to the demands for producing efficient
English speakers and listeners. So a new teaching method should be used to meet the needs of students. This new
method is called communicative approach. English must be taught as a tool for communication. It is now widely
accepted that students‘ listening ability must be at the core of teaching practice, and it is the area in which teachers need
to concentrate their own efforts to improve their teaching. This is a significant challenge for English teachers; however,
it is crucial in the development of English language communicative competence. The purpose of this approach is to
improve the students‘ English overall linguistic capability and oral and aural competence. The researchers attempt to
discuss the definition of listening, importance of listening. Then, they review the process of listening comprehension,
strategies of listening comprehension. Analysis of listening comprehension problems is reviewed. Then, teaching
methods for listening comprehension and teaching listening activities will be discussed. Finally, general principles in
teaching listening comprehension are discussed. Findings of this study will be beneficial to EFL learners to improve
their English language listening comprehension ability.