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Listening is a fundamental and challenging component of second language learning. To decrease its difficulty, Advance Organizer activities (pre-listening supports) can be used leading to more effective listening and better comprehension. This study aimed
Sarah Babaei, Siros Izadpanah
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Exploring EFL learners’ beliefs about listening comprehension difficulties: A qualitative approach [PDF]
This study presents an investigation into Iranian EFL learners’ beliefs about listening comprehension difficulties they experience while listening to English aural texts in a non-collaborative setting like that of a classroom lecture.
Parviz Birjandi, Ghazal Lotfi
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© 2019 UKLA Aims: The primary aim of this study is to augment our understanding of the component skills that underpin second-language learners' text comprehension by examining the direct and indirect roles of vocabulary knowledge and grammatical skills ...
Selma Babayiğit, L. Shapiro
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The capacity to perceive and meaningfully process foreign or second language (L2) words from the aural modality is a fundamentally important aspect of successful L2 listening. Despite this, the relationships between L2 listening and learners’ capacity to
Kriss Lange, J. Matthews
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Oral language comprehension of young adults with low-level reading comprehension
Significant difficulties in reading comprehension, despite attendance of compulsory schooling, are a worldwide phenomenon. While previous research on adults with low literacy skills focused primarily on their reading ability, less is known about their ...
Irit Bar-Kochva +7 more
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Effects of Adding Subtitles to Video via Apps on Developing EFL Students’ Listening Comprehension
It is unclear if using videos and education apps in learning adds additional value to students’ listening comprehension. This study assesses the impact of adding text to videos on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ listening comprehension. The
Thuraya Al-Absi
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Spoken SQuAD: A Study of Mitigating the Impact of Speech Recognition Errors on Listening Comprehension [PDF]
Reading comprehension has been widely studied. One of the most representative reading comprehension tasks is Stanford Question Answering Dataset (SQuAD), on which machine is already comparable with human. On the other hand, accessing large collections of
Chia-Hsuan Lee +3 more
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Comparing the Effect of AOs and TPS on EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension
Listening Comprehension is the language skills should be developed through listening to children as they grow. Listening Comprehension has been claimed as the most challenging skill to teach since many research found that EFL learners are worried to ...
Imam Sudarmaji , Aprianna Simgih
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YouTube Videos on EFL College Students’ Listening Comprehension
This paper aimed to explore the effect of using YouTube as a supplementary material with EFL college students. The research intended to reveal the improvement of the students’ listening comprehension after the 5-week treatments—students participating in ...
Chia-chi Chien +2 more
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The Effect of Using Listening Strategy Instruction on English Major Students' EFL Listening Comprehension Performance [PDF]
This study aimed at investigating the effect of listening strategy instruction on Faculty of Specific education English major students' EFL listening comprehension performance.
Mr. Muhammad Fawzy Mesallam +2 more
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