A Reappraisal of Foreign Language Listening Skill for the 21st Century ELT

Abstract

The changing face of the world has affected the education and research of language skills. The long-discussed listening skill has changed as well by incorporating and directing listening development outside the classroom by virtue of technological aids besides the intensive instruction of listening in the classrooms in the form of skills and strategy training. Therefore, a reappraisal of listening skill was needed and is shown by reviewing the historical journey of listening instruction and digital aids in reorganizing the instruction of listening inside and outside the classroom. A small-scale personal and professional theory of listening instruction and future research trajectories for listening researchers were concocted.