Listening as a way of teaching English

English is the most common language in the world. The growing need for fluency in English throughout the world has led linguists and teachers to prioritize the search for more effective ways of teaching language skills, one of which is listening. Owning this type of communication activity, a person understands everything that he is told, and adequately responds to what is said, converting his thoughts in response. This is the basis of Dialogic speech. The speech feature of listening as a type of communicative activity plays a special role at various stages of mastering the English language, which is why every modern teacher or teacher of the English language necessarily includes listening tasks in his lesson. In this article, the author considers the importance of listening in teaching a foreign language, identifies approaches that can be used when listening to the text, presents listening strategies, and provides the most convenient and common way to teach listening in the classroom.