Enhancing listening skills in law students
https://doi.org/10.25587/2587-5604-2026-2-15-28
Abstract
The article examines the issue of the development of listening skills of law students in the context of globalized professional activity.
The relevance of the study is substantiated: growing requirements for the level of language proficiency of specialists necessitate the ability to understand oral foreign speech in real professional situations.
The aim of the research is to develop and substantiate a set of exercises for developing listening skills and methods for working with them, which can be easily integrated into modern courses at non-linguistic universities.
The proposed study is based on differentiated and competency-based approaches to foreign language teaching. As a result, a three-stage set of exercises is proposed as the first stage of working with audio material: pre-listening (the work to remove lexical and grammatical difficulties and cognitive load, and to overcome the communication barrier), while-listening (extracting the necessary information, gradually moving from a general understanding of the audio material to a detailed one), and post-listening (consolidation of understanding, integrating with reading and writing skills). The second stage involves working with the studied audio fragment using digital technologies to alter the sound, pace, and accent of speech, and to create background noise. The essence of this two-stage approach is to familiarize students with the diversity of the English language and simulating communicative situations that closely resemble future professional activities.
The practical significance lies in the flexibility and adaptability of the exercises to different levels of learner proficiency, as well as the possibility of easy integration with current university curricula.
Prospects for further research include analyzing the interaction of communication in online discourse with overcoming communicative and psychological barriers in foreign language communication, as well as adapting the approach to other specialties.
Keywords
foreign languages,
digital technologies,
listening skills enhancement,
developing phonetic/auditory awareness,
listening for gist,
scanning listening,
intensive listening,
pre-listening,
while-listening,
post-listening,
differentiated approach,
competency-based approach
Supporting agencies: The study received no financial support
About the Author
D. A. Zaslavnov
Institute of Service Sector and Entrepreneurship (branch) of Don State Technical University in Shakhty
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitriy A. Zaslavnov, Cand. Sci. (Pedagogics), Associate Professor
Department of Foreign Languages
Shakhty
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Zaslavnov D.A. Enhancing listening skills in law students. Vestnik of North-Eastern Federal University. Pedagogics. Psychology. Philosophy. 2026;(2):15-28. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25587/2587-5604-2026-2-15-28
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