DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS' LISTENING SKILLS IN ENGLISH LESSONS DURING THE MIDDLE STAGE OF STUDY

Abstract

In the modern educational process, the development of listening skills plays a significant role in learning English, especially at the intermediate stage, when students move from basic understanding to more complex forms of audio comprehension and analysis. Listening is not just a passive reception of information but an active process that involves predicting, interpreting, and understanding what is heard. At this stage, learners encounter various accents, speech styles, and communicative situations, which requires teachers to apply diverse methods and teaching strategies.

The successful development of listening skills contributes to the improvement of students’ overall language competence, expands their vocabulary, enhances grammatical intuition, and increases motivation to learn the language. However, in practice, teachers often face challenges such as students’ insufficient preparation for authentic speech, the lack of authentic materials, and limited time for the development of this type of speech activity.

This study aims to explore effective approaches and methodologies that promote the formation and improvement of listening skills among students at the intermediate level, as well as to identify the factors that influence the success of this process.

The article examines one of the most important goals of teaching a foreign language at school, namely, teaching listening. The types of listening, their classification are considered in detail, and texts for listening of varying degrees of complexity are highlighted. A special place in the article is given to the consideration of the system of exercises for teaching listening, including three groups of exercises: training (preparatory), communicative (speech) and control. The article examines the significance of enhancing listening skills in English language learners at the intermediate stage of their education. It covers a range of techniques and exercises that educators can employ to improve students' listening comprehension. Additionally, it delves into the role of technology in aiding the development of listening skills and offers practical guidance for educators to incorporate into their teaching.