Contrary to the inadequate assumption that listening is a passive operation, since it is among reading a receptive skill, listening or rather listening comprehension is proven to be a very active and complex process. And more than that; it is the key skill that is fundamental for first and foreign language acquisition. That is why it should especially for English beginners be the central skill to be taught in the ESL (English as a Second Language) classroom at school. Dieses Buch informiert uber den Prozess des Horverstehens, die Bedeutung des Horverstehens fur die Kommunikation und fur das Sprachenlernen und zeigt Moglichkeiten auf, was diese Erkenntnisse fur den Englischunterricht in der Grundschule bedeuten sollten.