Enhancing Foreign Language Learning through Listening Strategies Delivered in L1: An Experimental Study

dc.creator	Hitendra Pillay
dc.creator	Hossein Bozorgian
dc.date	2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:16:51Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:16:51Z
dc.identifier	1694-609X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a248ff82f58c4610bd68f2e4f4701fd3
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/25908
dc.description	Listening used in language teaching refers to a complex process that allows us to understand spoken language. The current study, conducted in Iran with an experimental design, investigated the effectiveness of teaching listening strategies delivered in L1 (Persian) and its effect on listening comprehension in L2. Five listening strategies: Guessing, making inferences, identifying topics, repetition, and note-taking were taught over 14 weeks during a semester. Sixty lower intermediate female participants came from two EFL classrooms in an English language institute. The experimental class (n = 30) who listened to their classroom activities performed better (t value = 10.083) than the control class using a methodology that led learners through five listening strategies in Persian. The same teacher taught the students in the control class (n = 30), who listened to the same classroom listening activities without any of the above listening strategies. A pre and post listening test made by a group of experts in the language institute assessed the effect of teaching listening strategies delivered in L1. Results gathered on the post intervention listening test revealed that listening strategies delivered in L1 led to a statistically significant improvement in their discrete listening scores compared with the control group.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	International Journal of Instruction
dc.relation	http://www.e-iji.net/dosyalar/iji_2013_1_7.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1694-609X
dc.source	International Journal of Instruction, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 105-122 (2013)
dc.subject	Listening Comprehension
dc.subject	Listening Strategy Instruction
dc.subject	Foreign Language Learning
dc.subject	Instruction
dc.subject	Learning
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Enhancing Foreign Language Learning through Listening Strategies Delivered in L1: An Experimental Study
dc.type	article