Listen well to score better / Aiza Johari, Norseha Unin and Ch’ng Looi Chin
Many language students face difficulties when listening to a second language. For English as a Second Language (ESL) students, listening is not usually a significant part of their lessons. Educators usually pay more attention to reading, writing and speaking skills, resulting in listening anxiety...
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| description | Many language students face difficulties when listening to a second language. For English as a
Second Language (ESL) students, listening is not usually a significant part of their lessons.
Educators usually pay more attention to reading, writing and speaking skills, resulting in
listening anxiety among students. Additionally, listening activities are often carried out only to
test the students’ abilities, which may also lead to anxiety and apprehension (Vandergrift, 1999).
According to Young (1992), anxiety is one of the key elements for poor listening abilities.
Effective listening requires students to apply certain mental steps to address their listening
anxiety or challenges. Goh (2000) stated that teaching listening strategies to the students is very
helpful for developing students’ comprehension. In this study, 100 participants were selected to
examine the influence of metacognitive awareness strategies on their listening comprehension.
The study was conducted in two stages of Pre-test and Post-test for MCQ (listening
comprehension) and Metacognitive Awareness Listening Questionnaire (MALQ), adopted from
Vandergrift et al. (2006). In general, based on the MCQ scores, the findings showed an increase
in the percentage of correct answers. As such, the metacognitive strategy awareness has
positively influenced the test scores. Future studies are recommended to explore how
metacognitive strategies can impact the students’ listening performance |
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| spelling | uitm-303722020-05-18T01:13:27Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30372/ Listen well to score better / Aiza Johari, Norseha Unin and Ch’ng Looi Chin cpit Johari, Aiza Unin, Norseha Ch’ng, Looi Chin Study and teaching Many language students face difficulties when listening to a second language. For English as a Second Language (ESL) students, listening is not usually a significant part of their lessons. Educators usually pay more attention to reading, writing and speaking skills, resulting in listening anxiety among students. Additionally, listening activities are often carried out only to test the students’ abilities, which may also lead to anxiety and apprehension (Vandergrift, 1999). According to Young (1992), anxiety is one of the key elements for poor listening abilities. Effective listening requires students to apply certain mental steps to address their listening anxiety or challenges. Goh (2000) stated that teaching listening strategies to the students is very helpful for developing students’ comprehension. In this study, 100 participants were selected to examine the influence of metacognitive awareness strategies on their listening comprehension. The study was conducted in two stages of Pre-test and Post-test for MCQ (listening comprehension) and Metacognitive Awareness Listening Questionnaire (MALQ), adopted from Vandergrift et al. (2006). In general, based on the MCQ scores, the findings showed an increase in the percentage of correct answers. As such, the metacognitive strategy awareness has positively influenced the test scores. Future studies are recommended to explore how metacognitive strategies can impact the students’ listening performance Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kedah 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30372/1/AJ_AIZA%20JOHARI%20CPLT%20K%2017.pdf Johari, Aiza and Unin, Norseha and Ch’ng, Looi Chin (2017) Listen well to score better / Aiza Johari, Norseha Unin and Ch’ng Looi Chin. (2017) Journal of Creative Practices in Language Learning and Teaching (CPLT) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Creative_Practices_in_Language_Learning_and_Teaching_=28CPLT=29.html>, 5 (2). pp. 52-64. ISSN 1823-464X https://cplt.uitm.edu.my/ |
| spellingShingle | Study and teaching Johari, Aiza Unin, Norseha Ch’ng, Looi Chin Listen well to score better / Aiza Johari, Norseha Unin and Ch’ng Looi Chin |
| title | Listen well to score better / Aiza Johari, Norseha Unin and Ch’ng Looi Chin |
| title_full | Listen well to score better / Aiza Johari, Norseha Unin and Ch’ng Looi Chin |
| title_fullStr | Listen well to score better / Aiza Johari, Norseha Unin and Ch’ng Looi Chin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Listen well to score better / Aiza Johari, Norseha Unin and Ch’ng Looi Chin |
| title_short | Listen well to score better / Aiza Johari, Norseha Unin and Ch’ng Looi Chin |
| title_sort | listen well to score better / aiza johari, norseha unin and ch’ng looi chin |
| topic | Study and teaching |
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