Most teachers will probably agree that listening is very important for students’ academic success. Schultz’s approach, however, is not specifically focused on improving students’ listening abilities, but rather on helping teachers locate listening at the center of their teaching. In Chapter 1, Locating Listening at the Center of Teaching, Schultz explains her rationale for focusing on a pedagogy of listening. “Rather than teaching prospective and experienced teachers how to follow prescriptions for blueprints” says Schultz, “I suggest that teachers learn how to attend to and to respond with deep understanding to the students they teach” (p. 2). Schultz defines listening as “more than just hearing….[it is] how a teacher attends to individuals, the classroom as a group, the broader social context, and, cutting across all of these, to silence and acts of silencing” (p. 8). Schultz presents her conceptual framework in this first chapter, but readers will have to stay the course to fully understand her view of listening. Those who decide to read only the chapters that appear relevant.

Grammar is not the key to speaking English easily, and fast. The best English learners are children, of course. Why? Because they don’t study grammar and they don’t learn from textbooks. They use the Effortless English Rules. This "Effortless” method is very powerful. Very, very powerful!

When you use the Effortless Method, you learn excellent pronunciation. You learn vocabulary quickly and easily. You understand grammar automatically - without memorizing it. You don't translate when you listen or speak. You speak English fast, and easily. You feel strong and relaxed when you speak English.

LinguaForum's TOEFL iBT Insider: Listening is a guide that will help you get ready for the listening section of the New TOEFL iBT. The Insider: Listening provides detailed instructions and intensive practice questions for every question type on the iBT listening section along with high quality listening passages covering the full range of TOEFL listening topics. Guided note-taking practice and supplementary activities are also integrated into the listening passages to build active listening skil. . .