ENHANCING ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS BY EMPLOYING MUSIC AND NARRATIVE RETELLING AS INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

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The paper discusses pedagogical strategies for teaching listening skills in foreign languages to non-linguistic learners as a necessary skill for functional communication in professional and academic settings. It discusses cognitive and linguistic processes involved in speech comprehension and presents an instructional framework for the classification of listening forms. The authors promote a new pedagogical approach that incorporates preparatory tasks, interactive exercises, and independent learning. A key component of this method involves students listening to authentic lectures given by overseas academics and taking notes, thus mimicking real academic conditions. The study also evaluates the use of this method in consideration of students' feedback. The findings validate its effectiveness for improving listening skills and motivating students to continue developing their language skills.