INTEGRATING LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING IN LANGUAGE LEARNING AND THE PROBLEMS OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION THAT LANGUAGE LEARNERS FACE

Abstract

Listening is the process of listening to a foreign spoken language. it is considered the most time-consuming skill, which includes several factors. In contrast to reading for understanding in real-time requires listening. It is impossible to pause & think, especially in the exam, where time is very limited. Here you can not control the content, as when speaking or writing your own text, there is no way to bypass unknown lexical units and grammatical structures, replacing them with more familiar ones.