Contextualization, An Effective Tool To Develop Efficient Listening Skills Among Adult ESL/EFL Learners

Abstract

Listening as a language skill is not simply hearing of aural stimuli, but is an active process of receiving aural as well as visual stimuli attentively. Now, reception of an aural or visual stimuli may not be a difficult task; but the comprehension of the received message and intention of the speaker might be problematic, especially for the ESL / EFL learners, if the listener fails to realize the immediate context (situation), event and the speech act while listening. An empirical study conducted with two different group (controlled and experimental) in three phases successfully proves that an effective comprehension of the received message can be possible if any listener could contextualize with the speech situation while listening. The paper focuses on the importance of Listening as language skill and how proper contextualization help in effective listening.