A study on Students’ use of Listening Comprehension Strategies in EFI Class: The Case of Samara University (Second Year English Majoring students)
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2021-06
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In this study, an attempt was made to explore students’ use of listening comprehension strategies
in English as a foreign language (EFL) class. To achieve this, descriptive survey design with both
quantitative and qualitative nature was employed. Subjects were 39-second year English major
students of Samara University. Out of these, five students were randomly selected for interview.
To collect data, listening comprehension test and listening strategy questionnaire were adapted
and administered to 34 students. Semi-structured interview was also held with five students and
five purposively selected teachers. The listening test and the listening strategy questionnaire were
analyzed quantitatively whereas interview items were analyzed qualitatively. The results of the
study revealed that participants use meta-cognitive strategies such as writing down the words they
do not know after listening and looking up in a dictionary, double-checking again for their answer
while listening, reflecting on their problems after listening. They also use cognitive strategies like
translating words or sentences, applying new vocabularies, phrases, or grammar they have
learned, trying to understand each word, repeating words or phrases softly, forming pictures
mentally and listening for main ideas first and then for details. However, participants do not often
use the socio-affective, eight metacognitive and five cognitive strategies. Participants reported
that inattentiveness, noisy classroom setting, lack of awareness of the various listening strategies,
and lack of motivation are the problems they faced while listening a text. Finally, it was concluded
that the participants of this study do not use many listening strategies as intended. This might imply
that students are less aware of the various strategies. Based on the findings, recommendations
were made for concerned bodies.
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In this study, an attempt was made to explore students’ use of listening comprehension strategies in English as a foreign language (EFL) class