This study began in recognition of the role of eduction in today''s society for helping learners to make judgments about right and wrong and to live life subjectively in a world of countless information and values.
To judge correctly the situation which is confronting someone in their life, and in order to have the ability to communicate rationally, first the ability to critically understand is an essential requirement.
Critical listening has, until now, compared with its importance, been neglected in education. In recognition of the importance of critical listening, this research studied aspects of critical listening education as reflected in current curriculum and textbooks in order to find out about current listening education.
Critical listening is the ability to not only evaluate the message according to the content and type of message itself, but also to include contextual evaluation that enables the hidden message to be comprehended by taking into account the behind context and listening environment. In addition, it should not only be limited to the evaluation, it also should be about deciding whether or not to accept the message, and by taking a particular position, it should produce a more developmental and creative meaning. In this process, the listener is involved in a reflective process which is a metacognitive strategy of checking and adjusting their existing background knowledge and fixed ideas.
However, in the current curriculum and textbooks, curriculum content for practical listening education was insufficient. In the case of the selected content, critical listening focuses mostly on the evaluation of text layers, so the scope for critical listening is very much on the periphery. It does not provide specific methods and strategies for critical listening. In the new textbook development process, this paper proposed investigating ways to provide learners with opportunities to be able to generate creative alternatives through critical acceptance, and what is more to provide learners with a broader understanding and experience in being critical.