简介:TheskillofListeningwithcomprehensionisanessentialpartofcommunicationandbasictoESL/EFLlearning.Predictionisalsoakeyprocessinun-derstandingspokenlanguage.ThisarticleintendstoofferadefinitionforpredictioninESL/EFLlistening,examinesitsfoundations,drawssomeinsightsintoitsnature,andillustrateshowtodevelopandemploypredictioninpre-listeningandwhile-listeningstages,alsohowto‘repair’predictioninthepost-listeningstage,inanattempttohelplistenersachievethegoalofbetterunderstanding.