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The purpose of this research is to create a model of constructivist blended learning environment which will contribute to the development of listening and speaking skills, and which consists of faceto- face and online dimensions. The participants of the implementations for developing the blended learning environment are composed of 26 fourth graders – 12 girls and 14 boys – who attend a private elementary school in the academic year 2011-2012. The learning environment is evaluated based on the rate of using the learning environment by the participants and on their feedbacks. The developmental characteristics and interests of the fourth graders attending the elementary school where the model will be implemented are taken into consideration in developing the blended learning environment. Since the research is limited to the language skills of listening and speaking, the face-to-face and online learning environments are based on only these skills. The creation and development of the blended learning environment is presented under the subheadings of analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation. As a result of the research which is conducted in the blended learning environment, it is concluded that the participants usually have shared sound recordings related to the theme “listen” most and the theme “tell” least among the themes “listen”, “watch” and “tell”; that the participation in the implementation has decreased in time; and that the participants have been satisfied with studying in such an environment