Rabu, 13 Agustus 2014
Listening is the process of understanding speech in a first or second language. It means that listening is one of major skill that every English
student must had. Practically, there are still many people who have lack
of listening skill than other skill, especially it is the common
problem the mostly ESL student had. For example when student could speak
English fluently but she could not identify what the native speaker
said. It could be influenced by neither the speed of speech that is too
fast nor the low responses skill of what they heard.
According
to Ronald carter the term listening is used in language teaching to
refer to complex process that allow us to understand spoken language.
This theory explains that listening is not only recognizing the sound
but also student must get the meaning of word. Recognizing the function
of the sentences when in an interaction and student must listen
carefully. If one sentence can not be heard clearly, it is difficult to
understand the another word or sentences. Therefore, there is so much
attention in listening process. In the same way, David Nunan define the
listening as a matter of decoding the individual sound to derive the
meaning of word and change utterance
From
the explanation above, we can conclude that listening is a matter of
ear and mind. Whereas hearing is not only recognizing the sound but
focus on the person communicating and must respond to the question and
directions. Then in a listening process the good pronunciation of the
speaker determine the success of listening too.For more information , Please click this web :
http://teachingdictation.blogspot.com/2010/01/definition-of-listening.html
