This study related to receiving, attending, and assigning meaning (RAAM) in teaching listening with test component (TC) technique to develop the communicative competence of elementary students. The study aims to formulate communicative language teaching to show the teachers' pedagogical abilities to increase student operational listening objectives. The study is a literature review with several RAAM and TC concepts. Data is established into indicators and test components as a unique item in listening. Data collecting through recording refers to the concept of literature. Data were analyzed inductively Indicators and TC were analyzed inductively to describe communicative competence in CLT. RAAM model with TC in listening design was described as the operational objectives induced through RAAM aspects in listening contexts. The operational objectives obtain through study readiness, integrated with teaching materials, and assigning meaning from the listening context. The listening objectives achievement is proven through the accuracy of students' answers in each TC.