The document discusses teaching listening skills. It outlines micro skills like recognizing grammatical structures and cohesive devices. Macro skills include inferring meaning from context and non-verbal cues. Effective listening instruction exposes students to different texts and tasks, considers text difficulty and authenticity, and teaches strategies. Preparation, multiple exposures, and drawing out meaning are important. Tasks should match the listening stage from straightforward to more complex like note-taking, summarizing, and problem-solving.