Abstract. Listening is the foundation of communication. Training oral expression begins with training listening. Speaking and listening are two interrelated parts of oral communication. Listening occurs in the process of speaking, speaking in the process of understanding. Listening is both the goal and the means of language learning. Listening is composed of three components: linguistic, psycholinguistic and instrumental, and it involves several actions of the learner: perceptual, cognitive and mnemonic. Determination of teaching strategies for training listening skills is carried out by comparing these types of actions with the corresponding actions characteristic of each teaching method.