The Effect of Field Knowledge on Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension Ability
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
This study investigated the effect of field knowledge on Iranian EFL Learners’ listening comprehension ability at intermediate level. The research question is that whether the field knowledge has any effect on learners' listening comprehension ability or not. To this end, 80 subjects were selected and participated to an OPT test. The purpose of OPT test was to homogenize the participants based on their proficiency level. Then 30 students above and below the mean were selected and assigned in two groups, experimental and control fifteen each. Both groups sat to a pre-test of listening comprehension. The purpose of such a test was to measure the initial subject knowledge of the learners in listening comprehension ability. Afterward, the control group approached regular method (traditional) of teaching listening. However, the experimental group received treatment based on field knowledge. The whole project took for 6 sessions. Finally, both groups sat for a post-test of listening comprehension. Then, a paired sample t-test was run to examine the difference between the mean scores of each group in pre/post tests. It was found from the analysis; there was statistically significant difference between the experimental and the control group. That is, the experimental group outperformed the control group in performance.
Authors and Affiliations
Kobra Ehsandoust *| Department of English, Islamic Azad University,Guilan Science and Research Branch, Iran, Morteza Khodabandehlou| Department of English, Islamic Azad University,Guilan Science and Research Branch, Iran
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