Principles of developing pragmatic competence Plan: Introduction I. The principles of teaching listening comprehension 1. Reasons for teaching listening comprehension 2. What is listening? 3. Principles for developing listening ability 4. The purpose and nature of the listening comprehension programme II. The structure of listening comprehension and types of activities 1.Organisation of listening comprehension 2. Activities and procedures 3. Listening as a stimulus to other activities 4. Interactive listening 5. Listening material 6. Listening comprehension tests Conclusions Bibliography