The efficacy of teaching listening skill to EFL learners in Iraqi secondary schools in their speaking skill

الملخص EN

The present study aims to explore whether Iraqi EFL teachers teach listening skill properly and adequately via the instructions of the "Teacher's Book" for the prescribed textbook 5th preparatory "English for Iraq" It also aims to find out how they value llistening skill in comparison to the other language skills( i.e.

speaking, reading and writing).

the data are collected through a questionnaire directed to "185" EFL teachers in Basra province to explore what values, beliefs and attitude teachers share in teaching listening skill and to identify whether they follow the instructions of the "Teacher's Book "for the prescribed textbook "English for Iraq ."The questionnaire gathers both open_ended and closed _ended questions; hence the mixed method research design is used in this study.