Listening strategies and problems in comprehending English lecturers
Listening is a critical element in the competent language performance of adult second language learners, whether they are communicating at school, at work, or in the community. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate on the use o f strategies in faci...
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| Format: | Final Year Project Report / IMRAD |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6759/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6759/3/SIAW%20YUAN%20YII.pdf |
| Summary: | Listening is a critical element in the competent language performance of adult
second language learners, whether they are communicating at school, at work, or in
the community. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate on the use o
f
strategies in facilitating listening comprehension of lectures conducted in English
among education undergraduates in UNIMAS, and problems that hinders these
undergraduates’ comprehension when listening to lectures conducted in English. The
participants
for this study are one
-
hundred forty
-
nine ESL and TESL students.
Questionnaires and semi
-
structured interviews were the two instruments employed in
this study. The findings revealed that the most frequently employed strategies
by
these participants
to faci
litate their lecture comprehension are selective attention,
note
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taking, resourcing, inferencing, monitoring, and self
-
management strategies.
Meanwhile, the exploration on the difficulties or barriers confronted by these
participants reveals that they fre
quently encounter problems in relation to their
personal, visual support and physical setting factor. The findings imply that the
awareness
of the listening strategies frequently employed and factors that affect
listening enable the education personnel to
assist the adult ESL learners to develop a
better listening comprehension of lectures conducted in English in the future. |
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