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"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening

carefully. Most people never listen". - Ernest Hemingway

1. Introduction

Human beings develop their listening skills several weeks

before birth when predominant sounds can induce relevant

effects over the fetus' behavior that may last for at least a week.

Newborn infants are able to perceive and isolate sounds clearly

showing a developed sense of hearing, and although newborns

have rudimentary auditory abilities, their aural system is not

completely developed.

The purpose of this collection is to provide theoratical

foundation of the research that has been done in the field of the

development of listening skills within the English Language

Teaching context.