Investigating the Effect of Schema-building Activities on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 10, Issue 7
Abstract
Listening comprehension is believed to play a vital role in the second language acquisition process. In the past, traditional listening classes in classrooms were notoriously ineffective at improving listening in real-world situations. Today, teachers take it for granted that employing listening-related strategies and exercises can bring the language learners into real-world situations, enabling the learners to communicate based on what they have experienced. Thus, the aim of the present study is to determine whether activating schema through applying two strategies (predicting and inference) has any effect on listening comprehension of EFL learners. In so doing, 81 female students were randomly chosen as the sample size. To address the purpose, the participants were assigned to three groups (two experimental groups and on control group). The results of paired t -test and ANOVA test indicated that predicting and inference techniques had a significant effect on EFL learners’ listening comprehension individually. In addition, it was found that the two techniques had a significant effect on EFL learners’ listening comprehension when employed simultaneously. Ultimately, it was concluded in the present study that inference technique was more effective when compared to predicting technique.
Authors and Affiliations
Sanaz Akbarzadeh Olia| Department of English, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran, Farahnaz Rimani Nikou*| Department of English, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran, email: n.kou@hotmail.com
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