Basic competence in oral communication, listening is of significant importance in society due to the traditional function of the medium of learning. Not knowing how to listen is an obstacle to personal development and harmonious interpersonal relationships, but also an obstacle that influences the formation of other communication skills. The purpose of this article is to highlight the importance of the ability to receive the oral message in the mother tongue, in the light of international research published in recent decades, to provide examples of strategies for teaching listening and digital teaching materials that can be used in primary school training, development and assessment of this competence. Present in the school curriculum in the discipline of communication in Romanian / Romanian language and literature, listening is not translated into textbooks or pedagogical practice in the classes of the fundamental acquisitions cycle. Listening research mentions its role in vocabulary assimilation and comprehension.