%0 Journal Article %T The Priority of Listening Comprehension over Speaking in the Language Acquisition Process %A Fang Xu %J International Education Studies %D 2011 %I %R 10.5539/ies.v4n1p161 %X By elaborating the definition of listening comprehension, the characteristic of spoken discourse, the relationship between STM and LTM and KrashenĄ¯s comprehensible input, the paper puts forward the point that the priority of listening comprehension over speaking in the language acquisition process is very necessary. %U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ies/article/view/9112