... receiving understandable input and listening ability is the critical component in achieving understandable language input Given the importance of listening in language learning and teaching, it is ... welfare and interests In the view of Ronald and Roskelly(1985), listening as an active process requiring the same skills of prediction, hypothesizing, checking, revising, and generalizing that writing ... role of listening as a tool for understanding and emphasized it as a key factor in facilitating language learning Thus, listening has emerged as an important component in the process of second language...