English language attrition in short conversation and passage listening comprehension.

The purpose of this study is to examine whether language attrition in both short conversation and passage listening comprehension occurs among tertiary students. The number of the participants is 359, who are all from Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications. A test paper, adapted from...

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Main Authors: Yu, Zhonggen, Chan, Swee Heng
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Asian EFL Journal Press 2009
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14506/
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description The purpose of this study is to examine whether language attrition in both short conversation and passage listening comprehension occurs among tertiary students. The number of the participants is 359, who are all from Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications. A test paper, adapted from China’s College English Test Band Six, was used as the instrument to measure participants’ short conversation and passage listening comprehension before and after the two-month holiday. The result indicates that participants’ short conversation listening comprehension improved significantly and obviously over the holiday. However, no statistical significance was found in passage listening comprehension. The reasons for the results were also analyzed and discussed.
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spelling upm-145062015-11-04T03:15:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14506/ English language attrition in short conversation and passage listening comprehension. Yu, Zhonggen Chan, Swee Heng The purpose of this study is to examine whether language attrition in both short conversation and passage listening comprehension occurs among tertiary students. The number of the participants is 359, who are all from Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications. A test paper, adapted from China’s College English Test Band Six, was used as the instrument to measure participants’ short conversation and passage listening comprehension before and after the two-month holiday. The result indicates that participants’ short conversation listening comprehension improved significantly and obviously over the holiday. However, no statistical significance was found in passage listening comprehension. The reasons for the results were also analyzed and discussed. Asian EFL Journal Press 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14506/1/English%20language%20attrition%20in%20short%20conversation%20and%20passage%20listening%20comprehension.pdf Yu, Zhonggen and Chan, Swee Heng (2009) English language attrition in short conversation and passage listening comprehension. The Journal of Asia TEFL, 6 (2). pp. 181-206. ISSN 1738-1460 English
spellingShingle Yu, Zhonggen
Chan, Swee Heng
English language attrition in short conversation and passage listening comprehension.
title English language attrition in short conversation and passage listening comprehension.
title_full English language attrition in short conversation and passage listening comprehension.
title_fullStr English language attrition in short conversation and passage listening comprehension.
title_full_unstemmed English language attrition in short conversation and passage listening comprehension.
title_short English language attrition in short conversation and passage listening comprehension.
title_sort english language attrition in short conversation and passage listening comprehension.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14506/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14506/1/English%20language%20attrition%20in%20short%20conversation%20and%20passage%20listening%20comprehension.pdf