Firstly, we provide a simple overview of what scholars know about listening comprehension, and then secondly we conclude from that how to teach, and study, listening comprehension. We hope both teachers and students will find this useful. This page is very long, so it is divided into different sections. In Short 1. There are many skills necessary to listen to spoken English.
Some skills are similar to the skills used in reading.
But many important listening skills are different from reading skills. That's why if you want to learn to listen, you must practice listening. Listening skills are different from reading skills because speech is different from writing. Below are some of the main ways speech is different from writing. The biggest difference between speech and writing is that speech consists of sounds.