Over the years, EFL teachers have often neglected teaching listening as they felt it was a skill that could only be acquired; not taught. More recently, teachers understand that listening comprehension is crucial to language skill development and have aimed to help learners transfer their L1 listening skills to their L2. As such, they have focused on teaching the subskills of listening to help learners process information for gist, specific information and/or detail. To develop these subskills students often passively listen to recorded material on cds, tapes, or video.
