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اثر استخدام فعاليات محددة ما قبل الاستماع على اداء المتعلمين العراقيين دارسي اللغة الانكليزية لغة اجنبية في الاستيعاب الاصغائي == The Impact of Using Specific Pre - Listening Activities on Iraqi EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension
Author name:
نورة عدنان توفيق القره لوسي
Supervisor name:
سعد صلال سرحان
General topic:
Educational Sciences
Specific topic:
Methods of Teaching English Language
Degree:
Master
University:
Mustansiriyah University - Faculty Of Basic Education - Department Of Teaching English Language Methods
Language:
English
University location:
Baghdad
First pages:
05T3080 - p.pdf
Abstract:
Listening is considered to be the most important skill since it is the first skill that human being acquired but unfortunately it is regarded as an ignored skill in the process of teaching English in Iraqi schools and as a result Iraqi learners are not well prepared to understand the English spoken language when the speakers speak too fast, pronounce the word in different way, or when the speakers use different accents. Besides, Iraqi learners do not use their background knowledge to comprehend what was said and they don't have opportunities to practice since there are many schools who don't have laboratories and sound devises which help the learner to listen and practice. Therefore, teaching listening skill is the most difficult task since the learner faced difficulties with this skillThe present study aims to investigate empirically the impact of using specific pre - listening activities on Iraqi EFL learners ’ listening comprehension.To achieve the aims of the study, null hypothesis have been proposed : There is no statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental group who is taught listening comprehension by using specific pre - listening activities and that of the control group who is taught listening comprehension using the method recommended by the Teacher's Guide.The present study adopted the experimental design nonequivalence Pre Post - Tests with control groups. The random sample consists of 58 learners of 5th grade female learners in scientific branch of the secondary schools Maryam Al - Adhra for the academic year 2016 - 2017. The experiment started on the 26th of February and ended on 25th April, 2017 i.e., so it lasted eight weeks.The validity of the test and lessons plan for experimental and control groups have been obtained by exposing to a group of experts in the field of ELT and linguistics. Then, after piloting the test, the reliability of the test is achieved by using Alpha Cronbach formula. The two groups of learners are taught by the researcher herself. Only the experimental group is taught by using pre - listening activities, while the control group is taught according to the method recommended by the Teacher's Guide.The results reveal that there is a statistical significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental group who is taught listening comprehension using specific pre - listening activities and that of the control group who is taught listening comprehension using the method recommended by the Teacher's Guide.The present study recommends the teacher of English to prepare the learners by using different activities which activate the learners to use their background knowledge in order to foster the reception of new language input as well as to give the learners enough opportunities to listen to the native speakers.The present study also suggests a similar study can be conducted the effectiveness of using post listening activities on listening comprehension.
