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The relationship between listening comprehension problems and strategy usage among advance EFL learners

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: The current study aimed to investigate listening comprehension problems and strategies used among Iranian advance EFL learners. Furthermore, this study tried to find the relationship between the participants’ listening problems and strategy usage. Listening problems included input, context, listener, process, affect, and task problems while the listening strategies consisted of cognitive, meta-cognitive, and socio-affective strategies. A questionnaire was administered to collect data from 60 randomly selected Iranian advance EFL learners in a private language institute in Ahvaz, Iran. The outcomes demonstrated that the learners suffered from input and affect listening comprehension problems. Meta-cognitive strategy was the chief listening strategy used by the learners. The relationship between listening problems and strategy usage among the learners was statistically significant and negative. Results suggest that it is important for second language teachers to be aware of the different listening comprehension problems so as to enable listeners to use the appropriate strategies.

Source: Cogent Psychology

DOI: 10.1080/23311908.2019.1691338

Authors: Ehsan Namaziandost, Leila Neisi, Fatemeh Mahdavirad, Mehdi Nasri

Institutions: Islamic Azad University of Shahrekord, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch, Yazd University

Language: English

Topic: EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,134