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Facilitating second language listening comprehension: acquiring successful strategies
Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa, and coordinator of the BA in Second Language Teaching. He works in teacher education in the BEd, MEd, MA, and PhD programmes in Second Language Teaching. His research interests focus on listening comprehension, learning strategies, and the effective delivery of Core French programmes in Canada. He has recently published articles in Modern Language Journal, Foreign Language Annals, The French Review, and Canadian Modern Language Review.E-mail: 
lvdgrift{at}vottawa.ca
This paper presents arguments for an emphasis on listening comprehension in language learning/teaching. An explanation of how listeners can use strategies to enhance the learning process is presented, with a review of the existing research base on how second language listening is taught. The major part of the paper presents and discusses pedagogical recommendations, as well as examples of performance checklists for developing metacognitive awareness.