The Effect of Vocabulary Depth and Breadth on English Listening Comprehension Can Depend on How Comprehension Is Measured [PDF]
This study examines the relative contribution of vocabulary breadth (VB) and vocabulary depth (VD) to three different listening comprehension measures. One hundred and thirteen English majors were given VB and VD tests, and three listening comprehension ...
Xiaochu Zhang, Hongwen Song
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Listening Comprehension and Listening Effort in the Primary School Classroom [PDF]
In the primary school classroom, children are exposed to multiple factors that combine to create adverse conditions for listening to and understanding what the teacher is saying.
Mary Rudner +5 more
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On the importance of listening comprehension [PDF]
The simple view of reading highlights the importance of two primary components which account for individual differences in reading comprehension across development: word recognition (i.e., decoding) and listening comprehension. While assessments and interventions for decoding have been the focus of pedagogy in the past several decades, the importance ...
Suzanne M Adlof +2 more
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Exploring the contribution of topic familiarity and listening strategies to listening comprehension among L2 learners of English [PDF]
The development of second language (L2) proficiency relies heavily on listening. Despite this, the influence of topic familiarity on L2 listening comprehension has received relatively little empirical attention, and researchers continue to hold divergent
Lingjing Huang, Yun Wang
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Listening comprehension in a home language: a case of Russian in Germany [PDF]
Listening comprehension is central to language learning, yet it remains the least understood and least researched skill. This statement is still relevant today, as there is insufficient research to explore listening comprehension from the perspective of ...
Luca Gacs, Anna Ritter, Evghenia Goltsev
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Evaluating cognitive, metacognitive and social listening comprehension teaching strategies in Kuwaiti classrooms [PDF]
Listening comprehension strategies play an important role in the development of related language skills and process of language acquisition. These self-regulated strategies are focused to enhance learning comprehension and their consequences.
Asma F.T. Al-Azzemy, Dina A.H. Al-Jamal
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The Effect of Listening Attitude and Listening Anxiety on Listening Comprehension: A Regression Model [PDF]
Since listening is a multi-dimensional skill that involves many factors, it is very difficult to identify variables that affect the process. In the current study, it is aimed to determine whether anxiety and attitude are thought to be among the factors ...
Esra Karakuş Tayşi
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Listening comprehension may seem straightforward for first language users; however, it is hard for Second(S) and Foreign Language (FL) learners (Vandergrift and Baker, 2018). This skill might be affected by various variables such as vocabulary knowledge, topic knowledge, metacognitive awareness and many others. However, there is little research putting
Naima Benyahlou (24033639)
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Utilizing A Competency Approach Based Program to Develop EFL University Learners’ Listening Comprehension Performance [PDF]
This study aimed at investigating the effect of A Competency Approach Based Program to improve EFL learners' listening performance at Misr International University.
Mohamed Sobhi Abdelaziz Mohamed
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Evaluation of L2 Listening Comprehension: In Pursuit of New Measurement Units
Purpose. Second language (L2) listening comprehension remains one of the most under researched problems in field largely due to the corresponding methodological difficulties. This study focuses on the development of such a measurement unit that considers
Віталій Шимко
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