Impact of Awareness Raising about Listening Micro-skills on the Listening Comprehension Enhancement: An Exploration of the Listening Micro-skills in EFL Classes

Rezaei, Amir; Hashim, Fatimah

doi:10.14221/ajte.2013v38n8.4

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“…In a similar study, Rezaei & Hashim (2013) identified 10 most frequently used listening micro skills (including discriminating distinctive sounds) and investigated the effect of raising learners' awareness of these micro skills on their listening comprehension. They used explicit instruction to raise learners' consciousness.…”

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The Effect of Transcribing on Elementary Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension

Afsharrad

Nafchi

2015

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This study is motivated by the gap existing between theory and practice in teaching listening. Most of the techniques used to teach listening put more emphasis on top-down processing while listeners' problems are more of perceptive ones (bottom-up). In order to address the pervasive decoding problem in listening, this study suggests using transcribing exercise as an input enhancement device and investigates its effect on beginning learners' listening ability. To this end, 31 learners participated in the study. The control group did not have any transcribing practice while the experimental group received transcribing exercise. In the data analysis step, an independent samples t test was employed to compare the two groups. The results show that transcribing has a significant positive effect on beginning learners' listening comprehension. The findings of the study as well as advantages of transcribing exercise are discussed. Implications of the study and scope for future research are also addressed.

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The Effect of Transcribing on Elementary Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension

Afsharrad

Nafchi

2015

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“…Also, Ali (2010) clarified that language learners faced several problems in listening such as the lack of control over the speed at which speakers speak, the listeners' limited vocabulary, inability to concentrate and problems of interpretation. Rezaei and Hashim (2013) indicate that teachers, especially in EFL contexts, often are not aware about the process of listening and learners' problems in listening comprehension. As a result, the common practice in the class is that teachers focus on the outcome of the listening rather than listening itself i.e.…”

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Using Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) Approach for Developing Prospective Teachers' EFL Listening Comprehension Skills and Vocabulary Learning

Helwa

2017

Journal of Research in Curriculum Instruction and Educational T

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he aim of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of using Mobile assisted language learning (MALL) approach in developing EFL prospective teachers' EFL listening comprehension skills and vocabulary learning. The design of the research is a mixed research methodology. It combines both quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry. The participants of the study consisted of thirty students enrolled in third year English section at Faculty of Education, Benha University, Egypt. They were tested before and after the intervention. They were taught through Mobile assisted language learning program. The instruments of the research included an EFL listening comprehension skills test, vocabulary test, a semistructured interview and self-report survey. Results of the research revealed a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the study participants in the pre and post administration of the EFL listening comprehension skills and vocabulary learning in favor of the post administration. These results were ascribed to Mobile assisted language learning.

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“…Teachers, especially EFL teachers, are often not aware of or maybe not interested in teaching listening techniques and the processes of listening and merely focus on the final product and the outcome. Instruction in listening classes is limited to testing and focusing on the product (Rezaei & Hashim, 2013;Sheerin, 1987). Likewise, Field (1998) believes that most published books about listening don't teach the listening, but test it.…”

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A Comparative Study on the Effects of While Listening Note Taking and Post Listening Summary Writing on Iranian EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension

Ahour

Bargool

2015

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Abstract-The aim of this study was to find out if there is any significant difference between while listening note taking and post listening summary writing on listening comprehension ability of Iranian EFL learners. A pretest-posttest design was used in this quasi-experimental research. The study was conducted in a language institute in East Azarbaijan province in Iran. Sixty students in two homogenous advanced classes were selected as the participants and in one class while listening note taking was used as the treatment and in the other class post listening summary writing was used. The results of Paired-Samples t-test revealed that both classes had improvement in their listening comprehension ability, but the results of the Independent Samples t-test showed that there was not any significant difference in the both groups' post tests. The results can have pedagogical implications for language teachers and curriculum developers.Index Terms-listening comprehension, while listening note taking, post listening summary writing, EFL

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Impact of Awareness Raising about Listening Micro-skills on the Listening Comprehension Enhancement: An Exploration of the Listening Micro-skills in EFL Classes

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Cited by 10 publications

References 45 publications

The Effect of Transcribing on Elementary Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension

The Effect of Transcribing on Elementary Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension

Using Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) Approach for Developing Prospective Teachers' EFL Listening Comprehension Skills and Vocabulary Learning

A Comparative Study on the Effects of While Listening Note Taking and Post Listening Summary Writing on Iranian EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension

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