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Listening Comprehension Problems of FL Learners in a Peer Interactive, Self-Regulated Listening Task
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Ozcelik, Hatice Nur; Van den Branden, Kris; Van Steendam, Elke – International Journal of Listening, 2023
It is vital to understand the listening problems students face in a foreign language (FL) classroom. In the current study, students were provided with options to identify these problems. Twenty-eight A1 level Turkish secondary school students worked in pairs and had autonomy to control the audio while listening. While dialogic exchanges…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Linguistic Input, Speech Communication, Listening Comprehension
A Radio Program: A Strategy to Develop Students' Speaking and Citizenship Skills
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Jaime Osorio, María Fernanda; Caicedo Muñoz, Mabel Catalina; Trujillo Bohórquez, Iván Camilo – HOW, 2019
This article reports on an action-research study which examined the impact of a radio program as a strategy to develop the speaking skills of a mixed course at a private institution in Colombia. Hence, data were collected from 18 students through tests, surveys, field notes, and interviews. The results indicate that there is an important…
Descriptors: Radio, Action Research, Teaching Methods, Program Descriptions
Comparing Two Pre-Listening Supports with Iranian EFL Learners: Opportunity or Obstacle
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Alavi, Sayyed Mohammad; Janbaz, Fateme – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2014
Since listening is a crucial component of language competence and fundamental for successful communication as well, its development has been gradually given much attention from language teachers and researchers. This study is aimed at investigating the effectiveness of two pre-listening supports, i.e. question preview and topic preparation on the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension Tests
Beliefs and Out-of-Class Language Learning of Chinese-Speaking ESL Learners in Hong Kong
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Wu, Manfred Man-fat – New Horizons in Education, 2012
Background: There has been a lack of research on exploring how beliefs about language learning (BALLs) and out-of-class language-learning activities are related. BALLs and out-of-class language-learning activities play an important role in influencing the learning behaviours of learners and learning outcomes. Findings of this study provide useful…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Self Efficacy
Can Intra-lingual Subtitling Enhance English Majors' Listening Comprehension of Literary Texts?
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Abdellah, Antar Solhy – Online Submission, 2008
Subtitling or captioning the dialogues of English movies can be very helpful to EFL learners in the Arab world. The present study reviews the importance of subtitling for language learning in general and listening comprehension in particular. A comparison is made between different levels of listening comprehension and different genres of English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Films, Transcripts (Written Records), Radio
EFL Students Use of Technology in the Presentations
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Özad, Bahire Efe; Kutoglu, Ülfet – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2004
English for Mass Communication is a course offered by the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies to the students studying at the Departments of Journalism, Radio, Television and Film, and Public Relations and Advertising in their sophomore year. Students taking this course are required to make a presentation at the end of the semester. In…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Communications