Students, in the course of English within in the Primary classroom develop knowledge, competence, and understanding of the world (Board of Studies NSW 1998:5). The core of everything we learn and do is English. When students partake in English lessons, they develop the ability to talk, listen, read, view, and write with much purpose, effect, and confidence (Board of Studies NSW 1998:5). Proficiency in English allows students to learn about the role of language in their own lives, and in their own and other cultures. With English, students are able to communicate their thoughts and feelings, to participate in society, to make informed decisions about personal and social issues, to analyse information and viewpoints, to use imagination and to think about the influence of culture on the meanings made with language. English provides students with the opportunity to develop an appreciation of language and literature for a lifetime. English is the only compulsory subject in all years of schooling, which puts emphasis on its importance in the Primary Classroom.
             When paying attention to something or considering it, we are listening. Just as to speak, or express something using speech is talking. Winch et al describe 'Listening' and 'Talking' respectively as the process of attending to and constructing meaning from spoken texts, and, the process of presenting meaning through the construction of spoken texts (2004:20). Distinguishing word sounds, and being sensitive to tone, pitch, stress, and pace of speech is involved in the development of listening. Much the same as talking, which involves the progression of enunciating sounds appropriately, using tone, pitch, stress, and pace effectively, and using such nonverbal devices as gesture. Oral language refers to the combined progression of listening and talking (Winch et al., 2004:20). Everyone begins their journey towards oral language the day that they are born. The f
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