Exploring Comprehension Strategies of Low & High Ability Listeners with a Focus on the Effect of Explicit Strategy Instruction

Exploring Comprehension Strategies of Low & High Ability Listeners with a Focus on the Effect of Explicit Strategy Instruction

KAYAOĞLU, M. Naci
ÖZBAY, Ali Şükrü

While acknowledging the practical value and relative merit of listening comprehension as a means of foreign language learning, the present paper argues the case for a need to teach listening strategies to enhance students’ realization of the various forms of speech. This contention is further enhanced by the fact that students’ awareness of useful listening strategies will help them understand the foreign language correctly. To this end, this data-based research was undertaken using interviews and retrospective protocols with 17 EFL students and a pretest / post- test documentation.

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2009-06

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