The Effects of Web-Based Listening Strategy Training on Thai High School EFL Students＇ Listening Comprehension

This study investigated the effects of a CLSTS （Computer-Assisted Listening Strategy Training Software） program on the development of students＇ ability to use four target listening strategies to enhance their listening comprehension. This study covered an experimental group and a control group. The participants were Grade 10 Thai EFL （English as a Foreign Language） students in a Thai high school in Bangkok, Thailand. Experimental group performance was compared to that of a control group on the five research instruments. Regarding the effect of the CLSTS on the students＇ ability to use the target listening strategies to enhance their listening comprehension, it was found that the CLSTS was significantly effective. The results that made CLSTS effective were categorized into six main aspects.

Literature Review of Strategy Approach to Listening Comprehension

This article demonstrates a literature review of the strategy approach to listening comprehension. The article is to raise the awareness of listening strategy so as to further the research of ESL/EFL listening strategy and enhance the students' communicative competence.

Improving non-English majors' listening comprehension through strategy training

Listening is an important part in the second language learning process,so how to improve students’ listening comprehension especially for non-English majors becomes a main concern to teachers.For this purpose,a targeted listening strategy training was conducted in listening classes.Test results manifest that sixty participants get more or less improvement in their listening comprehension after receiving a strategy training every two hours over ten weeks.Low and middle achievers make relatively more progress than high-achievers.Interviews also indicate that high achievers use top-down strategies more than low achievers in listening process,while low achievers employ more bottom-up strategies than high achievers.This indicates that effective strategy training in listening class could enhance students’ listening performance.It is hoped that this study could give some insights to the future listening teaching.

Incorporation of Learning Strategies into Web-based Autonomous Listening

The thesis introduces a comparative study of students'autonomous listening practice in a web-based autonomous learning center and the traditional teacher-dominated listening practice in a traditional language lab.The purpose of the study is to find how students'listening strategies differ in these two approaches and thereby to find which one better facilitates students'listening proficiency.

A Survey on the Use of Listening Strategies Among Non-English Major Postgraduates

Strategy use is correlated with the students＇ performance, so it is necessary to provide students with some strategy instruction. In order to make the strategy instruction more pertinent to the students＇ needs, this study has investigated the status quo of the listening strategy use among the non-English major postgraduates, and has discovered that the students＇ use of listening strategy was far from sufficient, especially in management strategies and social strategies.

The Relationship Between Pre-listening Activities and Listening Strategies Use

Listening strategy use is recognized as one key factor influencing English listening comprehension.The study involves three listening texts with three kinds of different pre-listening activities,namely,a copy of related Key words;a related reading passage;an easier listening preview.And the study found out four listening strategies seemed to be specially affected by the prelistening activities,elaboration,fixation,directed attention and real-time assessment of input,and effective listeners’almost used two times of metacognitive strategies than that of less-effective listeners.

Literature Review on Listening Strategies in China

Listening learning strategies play a significant role in language learning, and learning strategies are important parts of cultivating learners' learning autonomy. The manifestation of listening strategies is influenced by many factors, but on the whole, listening strategies are teachable and learnable. This paper summarizes the relevant domestic researches on English listening strategies in terms of research contents, research methods and research characteristics, putting forward the problems existing in the research field, exploring the deeper researches on English listening learning strategies. In this paper, the authors have mainly made researches on the research status quo of English listening strategies in China and have given reflections on the research deficiencies. It is expected that we could improve both the learners' listening proficiency and the strategy-instruction in our EFL classrooms.

An Empirical Study of Listening Comprehension Strategies in Autonomous Learning Environment

This is a report on an empirical study of listening comprehension strategies in autonomous learning environment which was conducted among the second-year non-English majors in Shandong University （Weihai） on the basis of O＇Malley and Chamot＇s theory of learning strategies, dating from September, 2010 to January, 2011. The study aims to verify the teachability of listening comprehension strategies, the enhancement of students＇ awareness of applying these strategies in their listening comprehension pratice and positive effects of listening comprehension strategies cast on students＇ listening comprehension proficiency. Questionnares on listening comprehension strategies were conducted at the beginning and at the end of the research respectively, in addition to the listening comprehension strategies training from the beginning to the end of the research. Besides, there was a interview arranged in the middle of the research. Meanwhile, there were two listening comprehension proficiency tests arranged at the beginning and at the end of the research. According to the results, it can be indicated that the students＇ strategy awareness can be promoted, while their listening proficiency also can be improved by the listening comprehension strategy training.

French Listening Strategies Used by Postgraduates of English Majors

The author intends to find out a set of French listening strategies used by postgraduates of English majors. Questionnaire is used in this research. It is designed according to a listening strategy study done by O'Malley and Chamot. After analyzing the data, a set of French listening strategies is worked out, as well as two orders concerning the strategies used: order of using frequency, order of importance.

Understanding L2 Learners＇ Difficulties in Listening Comprehension

This paper is prompted by a ＂strange phenomenon＂ in L2 teaching and learning as related to listening： it is regarded as ＂easy＂ by teachers, but ＂difficult＂ by students. The paper tries to analyze the difficulties encountered by the L2 learners in the process of acquiring listening skills and competence in an attempt to find out how these problems are related to classroom teaching, and their implications for pedagogical classroom practice.

Vocabulary Teaching Strategies Focusing on Language Learner

As we enter the 21st century, acquisition of vocabulary has assumed a more important role, and as some would argue, it has assumed the central role in learning a second language. On one hand, students have a strong desire to improve their English level in order to make them more adaptable when they step into this competitive society after graduation. On the other hand, most students are facing a great difficulty in learning a large number of vocabularies though they do spend a lot of time and energy on it. Also, recent researches show that students don＇t like the classroom that is still teacher-centered and lecture-based. They want to be more involved in class and more responsible for their own studies. Hence, it is important to equip students with necessary strategies for dealing with vocabulary learning activities. In this paper, three strategies are recommended： extensive listening ＆ reading and contextual guesswork, communicative activities and group-work and the use of dictionary.

EMPIRICAL STUDY OF FOSTERING LEARNING STRATEGIES IN COLLEGE ENGLISH LISTENING COURSE

The experiment in this paper centers on the training of certain learning strategies used by college students in the listening course. After having been trained in learning strategy, students from the experimental classes are compared with those of the control classes in the aspects of test scores. Beginning with questionnaires on students' learning strategies, the experiment involves training and instructing the subjects in grasping and applying learning strategies in their learning process. By integrating strategy training with strategy-based instruction, the experiment aims to find new methods in teaching.

A STUDY ON LISTENING STRATEGIES OF NON-ENGLISH MAJORS IN AN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

The paper reports a study on listening strategies employed by 149 non-English majors of an agricultural university. The findings are that 1) meaning, strategies are preferred to metacognitive, formal, and social/affective strategies; translation strategies are the least favored; 2) listening strategies affect listening performance, but slightly; while most strategies are correlated to listening performance significantly, only new word and translation strategies are significant but negative predicators; 3) high and low achievers employ strategies differently; high achievers apply more strategies more frequently, skillfully, whereas low achievers utilize new word and translation strategies more, which reveals partly the reasons for their different listening performances. Therefore, pedagogical implications are derived from the study for the teaching and learning of college English in agricultural universities.

USING LEARNING STRATEGIES TO DEVELOP LISTENING COMPREHENSION—A CASE STUDY

By adopting the research method of case study, this article studies the learning strategies of an adult learner of English in listening comprehension. It is found that the learner can use some learning strategies but only at very elementary level. After an eight-week training course in learning strategies, the learner made noticeable progress in listening, which proves that learning strategies can be trained and contribute positively to language proficiency.

TRAINING STRATEGIES FOR LISTENING SUB-TEST IN IELTS

The listening sub-test in IELTS is divided into four sections:section one and two test candidates’survival skills in the U.K.;section three and four,candidates’study skills,Ih trainingpractice,the instructor may divide the listening material intotwo parts.In the first part—survival English,culturalbackground knowledge of daily life in the U.K.should be takenas the training focus.Dialogues concerning a new arrival’s dailyactivities in the U.K.may be chosen as listening material.Thesecond part,Academic English training is the most challengingtask.To understand a university lecture or academic interview,a good command of academic vocabulary is essential,so theinstructor should design some exercises to help students memorizeacademic vocabulary.The training focus for the academicEnglish part is the skill of grasping the main points of a lecture orinterview.Students should show how to write outlines andsummaries.Gap-fill and T&F&N forms may be adopted forsummary and outline training.