A cognitive perspective on language learners' listening comprehension problems

Goh, Christine C. M.

doi:10.1016/s0346-251x(99)00060-3

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“…Different researchers have focused on various problems and shown a wide range of listening challenges for foreign or second language learners (Goh, 2000;Liu, 2002). Listening comprehension problems refer to all the difficulties that may occur during the three phases of perception, parsing, and utilization (Anderson, 1995;Goh, 2000, Vandergrift, 2003. Figure 1 presents the three phases in which listening problems can be categorized.…”

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“…Due to the nature of listening, a listener may have to move focus from one phase to another in order to be able to decode the message. Anderson, 1995;Goh, 2000, Vandergrift, 2003 Perception problems are related to listeners' inability to distinguish the sounds and words in a stream of speech (Field, 2008b). Phonological and lexical problems are two different types of challenges that listeners face during the phase of perception.…”

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“…According to Goh (2000), about half the problems identified occurred in the initial phase of listening, or perception. In the related literature, cliticisation and resyllabification are also mentioned as two phonological problems that listeners should deal with (Cross, 2009b).…”

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“…The problems that the learner may face during parsing are commonly syntactic and semantic. Syntactic problems may involve: (1) quickly forgetting what is heard, (2) failure in forming a mental representation from words heard, and (3) not understanding the subsequent parts of input because of earlier problems (Goh, 2000).…”

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“…The detailed information about the validation and the developing process of LCPQ has been presented in Nowrouzi, Tam, Nimehchisalem, and Zareian (2014). In a nutshell, the instrument was developed based on the related literature and theory (e.g., Anderson, 1995;Goh, 2000;and Liu, 2002). The questionnaire was then validated by a panel of experts (n = 7) and field-tested on a sample representing the main respondents of the present study.…”

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Abstract-English as a Foreign Language (EFL) listening skill is considered a problematic skill particularly in a foreign language context where practice opportunities are limited. This study aimed to explore the listening comprehension problems of a group of EFL learners. Survey method was followed to collect data from a group of Iranian tertiary level EFL learners (n = 100) using the Listening Comprehension Processing Problems Questionnaire. The results indicated that the learners experienced moderate to high levels of difficulty in all three categories of listening comprehension problems, namely perception, parsing, and utilization. The findings are expected to have useful implications for syllabus designers and teachers who intend to address the listening comprehension problems of EFL learners.

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confidence: 99%