scholarly journals Comparing Authentic and Scripted Language Listening Comprehension in University-Level EFL Learners

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Robert Long
Keyword(s):  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
Multiple Choice Tests ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Choice Tests ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
University Level ◽  
Lexical Density ◽  
Authentic Language

This study investigated whether Japanese university EFL learners’ listening comprehension differed significantly on tests of authentic language (AL) or scripted language (SL). Possible differences in comprehension between low and intermediate proficiency students, and how lexical density of the listening samples correlated with listening comprehension, were also explored. Participants scored higher on SL multiple choice tests than on AL tests on average. There was no significant difference in the performance between low and intermediate proficiency students in this study, but there was a significant difference between scores of learners in the two pre-intermediate groups. The inclusion of more content words also appeared to aid the lowest performing students in better understanding authentic listening passages. The researcher suggests explanations for these findings, and suggests the need for more authentic listening practice in language classrooms. 本論は日本人EFL大学生のリスニング力が、オーセンティック・ランゲージ（AL）のテストあるいはスクリプト・ランゲージ（SL）のテストにおいて大きく異なるかどうかを調査したものである。初・中級者間における理解力の相違の可能性や、リスニング・サンプルの語彙密度とリスニング力の関係も調査した。SL多肢選択テストの得点の方がALテストよりも平均して高かった。初・中級者間には有意差はなかったが、2つの準中級学習者群間の得点には有意な相違が認められた。また、内容語をより多く含めることは英語力の低い学習者がオーセンティックなリスニング題材を理解する助けになっているようであった。これらの研究結果に対する説明と、よりオーセンティックなリスニング練習の必要性についても述べる。

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF AUDIO, VIDEO AND MOTIVATION ON STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
ROUDHATUL . Jannah ◽  
Zainuddin . . ◽  
Rahmad . Husein
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Research ◽  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Multiple Choice Tests ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Choice Tests ◽  
High Motivation ◽  
Video And Audio ◽  
Audio Video ◽  
Low Motivation

ABSTRACTThe objectives of this study were to explain whether : (1) the students’ achievement in listening comprehension taught by using video was significantly higher than that taught by audio (2) the students’ achievement taught to high motivation significantly was higher than that to students’ low motivation? (3) therewas any significant interaction among teaching media (video and audio) and motivation in listening comprehension achievement. The research design is experimental research by using factorial design 2x2. There were 72 students from MAS YMPI Kota Tanjungbalai as sample of this research. The students were divided into two groups. The first group was treated by using Audio and the second group was treated by using Video. Students’ achievement in listening comprehension was measured by using multiple choice tests. The data were analyzed by applying Two-Ways ANOVA. The result revealed that (1) students’ listening comprehension achievement taught by using video wassignificantly higher than that taught by using audio with Fobservedwas higher than that Ftable at level significance α = 0.05 (Fobserved = 155.7>Ftable = 3.98). (2) There was significant difference of students achievement in listening comprehension with high motivation was taught by using video was higher than that low motivation by using audio with Fobserved is higher than Ftable at the level significance α = 0.05 (Fobserved = 93.4>Ftable = 3.98). (3) There was significance interaction among media (audio and video) and students’ motivation on students’ achievement in listening comprehension with Fobservedwas lower than Ftable at level significance α = 0.05 (Fobserved = 1.2 <Ftable = 3.98). Thus, media (audio and video) and students’ motivation significantly affect the students’ achievement in listening comprehension. Keywords: Audio, Video, Motivation, Listening Comprehension

scholarly journals Using Podcasts to Improve Second Language Comprehension in Iranian Language Classrooms

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Mohammad Davoudi ◽  
Mojtaba Rezaei
Keyword(s):  
Language Comprehension ◽  
Good Method ◽  
Placement Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Transcript File

<p>The present study aims at investigating the influence of podcasts (POD) on language comprehension of Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners. An Oxford Placement Test (OPT) was administered to 60 male and female university students. The participants were considered as pre-intermediate learners and were divided into two groups (one experimental group and one control group). During the fifteen sessions of the treatment, thirty podcasts were presented to the two groups. The experimental group received just the audio file of the POD, and the control group received a different treatment which was the transcript file of the same audio podcast file of the experimental group. The results of the t-tests revealed that there was no significant difference in language comprehension scores across the posttest between two groups. Based on the interview results after the post-test, all of the participants (100%) agreed that both audio and the transcripts (written texts) were useful for them and claimed that it is a good method of improving language comprehension.</p>

scholarly journals The effect of Bilingualism on EFL elementary learners’ listening comprehension: The case of Azeri- Turkish vs. Persian students

2020 ◽  
pp. 44-64
Author(s):  
Ali ARABMOFRAD ◽  
Majid SAEIDI ◽  
Mohammad MOTAMEDI
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Elementary Students ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Proficiency Test ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Listening Skill ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Multicultural Context ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Since the phenomenon of bilingualism is gradually increasing in the world, the theory-driven and practically oriented investigation on bilingualism have increased recently. However, a few studies have been conducted on the effect of bilingualism on language learning in the multilingual and multicultural context of Iran. Therefore, the main aim of the present study is to examine the effect of bilingualism on Iranian EFL learners' listening comprehension in the case of Azeri-Turkish vs. Persian students. The study employed a quasi-experimental design over 8 weeks with 44 female students assigned to one of the two experimental groups. To select bilingual and monolingual groups, a biographical questionnaire was used. Then, Nelson elementary proficiency test was administered to ensure the homogeneity of the students. To fulfill the purpose of the study, 15 bilingual (Azeri-Persian) elementary students in Fazilat high school in Ramian and 29 monolingual (Persian) elementary students in Sama high school in Azadshahr were selected to participate in the present study. Each group received 16 sessions of treatment in listening skill. Then, the two groups' performance was compared on pretest and posttest consisting of a multiple-choice and matching listening comprehension test. The results indicated that there was no significant difference between the bilingual and monolingual groups regarding their performance on listening comprehension, that is, bilingualism did not affect listening comprehension.

scholarly journals Beyond right or wrong: More effective feedback for formative multiple-choice tests

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 307-313
Author(s):  
Anna Ryan ◽  
Terry Judd ◽  
David Swanson ◽  
Douglas P. Larsen ◽  
Simone Elliott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retention Test ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Far Transfer ◽  
Near Transfer ◽  
Multiple Choice Tests ◽  
Test Occasion ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Choice Tests ◽  
Test Enhanced Learning ◽  
Enhanced Learning

Abstract Introduction The role of feedback in test-enhanced learning is an understudied area that has the potential to improve student learning. This study investigates the influence of different forms of post-test feedback on retention and transfer of biomedical knowledge within a test-enhanced learning framework. Methods 64 participants from a Canadian and an Australian medical school sat two single-best-answer formative multiple choice tests one week apart. We compared the effects of conceptually focused, response-oriented, and simple right/wrong feedback on a learner’s ability to correctly answer new (transfer) questions. On the first test occasion, participants received parent items with feedback, and then attempted items closely related (near transfer) to and more distant (far transfer) from parent items. In a repeat test at 1 week, participants were given different near and far transfer versions of parent items. Feedback type, and near and far transfer items were randomized within and across participants. Results Analysis demonstrated that response-oriented and conceptually focused feedback were superior to traditional right/wrong feedback for both types of transfer tasks and in both immediate and final retention test performance. However, there was no statistically significant difference between response-orientated and conceptually focused groups on near or far transfer problems, nor any differences in performance between our initial test occasion and the retention test 1 week later. As with most studies of transfer, participants’ far transfer scores were lower than for near transfer. Discussion Right/wrong feedback appears to have limited potential to augment test-enhanced learning. Our work suggests that item-level feedback and feedback that identifies and elaborates on key conceptual knowledge are two important areas for future research on learning, retention and transfer.

scholarly journals The Effect of Dictogloss on Listening Comprehension: Focus on Metacognitive Strategies and Gender

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Mina Taheri ◽  
Saeed Taki
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Standard Test ◽  
Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Listening Strategies ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aimed at investigating the effect of dictogloss on EFL learners’ listening comprehension as well as on their use of metacognitive listening strategies with a focus on the effects on male and female learners. To this end, a total number of 50 female and male Iranian EFL learners, aged between 12 and 15 years old, at the intermediate proficiency level in a private language school in Iran were selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups with 25 male and female learners in each group. Dictogloss was employed to teach the learners in the experimental group for an instruction period of 12 sessions. Participants’ listening comprehension was determined through a pre/posttest which was adapted from the listening section of the standard test of PET and their use of metacognitive listening strategies via the MALQ, a questionnaire developed by Vandergrift et al. (2006). The data obtained were submitted to the t-test and results revealed significant improvement in the experimental group’s listening comprehension with no significant difference between male and female learners. Finally, the results showed that the listeners in the experimental group made noticeable gains in their choice of metacognitive strategies through using the dictogloss technique.  Findings are discussed in light of recent theories of language learning and teaching.  

De validiteit van luistertoetsen Moderne Vreemde Talen

1978 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 59-74
Author(s):  
H.W.M. van den Nieuwenhof
Keyword(s):  
Content Validity ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Relative Difficulty ◽  
Test Form ◽  
Multiple Choice Tests ◽  
Choice Tests ◽  
Testing Techniques

For ten years now multiple choice tests have been used in the Dutch school system to measure listening comprehension of English, French and German. The tests were developed in a research program, conducted at the Insitute of Applied Linguistics by Dr. ? Groot. Now that the tests have been in use for 10 years we are confronted with the following questions. Are the tests still reliable, as they were 10 years ago? In how far does the multiple choice technique give a true picture of the listening comprehension of students? Does the multiple choice technique help studens to cope with language material that they could not have coped with otherwise, in other words, to what extent does the language material used in tests suggest a higher level of listening comprehension than the students actually have? An experiment has been carried out at C.I.T.O. (Central Institute for Test Development). Students had to answer both multiple choice questions and open ended questions concerning the same language material. The results suggested that the language material used in tests was verydifficult for students to handle in an open ended question test form. The results also suggested that various levels of difficulty of the langua material used within a single test was reflected in the open ended test results, but not in the results of the multiple choice tests. The multiple choice technique seems to obscure the relative difficulty of the various test components. It has been found that an appropriate use of the multiple choice technique can cover only a restricted range of language material. The measuring technique must not restrict the choice of language material, and thereby influence content validity. A possible solution to the problem would be the development of a new kind of test. In this test a great variety of language material should be tested with a great variety of testing techniques: a great variety of language material in order to improve the content validity of the test, a great variety of testing techniques in order to reduce, as much as possi ble, the disadvantages of every single testing technique by itself.

scholarly journals The Influence of Digital Folktales on the Students’ English Vocabulary Mastery of SMP Negeri 9 Buru

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Chairul Basrun Umanailo
Keyword(s):  
Total Population ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Multiple Choice Tests ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Choice Tests ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mean

This study aimed to determine whether digital the use of folktales increases the vocabulary mastery of the seventh-year students of SMP Negeri 9 Buru. This research was a quantitative study by using experimental with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The samples consisted of 20 students from a total population of 320 students and were determined through a one-stage cluster sampling technique. Fiftyitems of multiple-choice tests were used to measure the vocabulary mastery of the students in the pre-test and post-test. The data obtained in this study were analyzed using descriptive statistics to determine the mean score and standard deviation between the pre-test and the post-test. A paired sample t-test through SPSS Version 20 was utilized to determine differences in the students' vocabulary mastery before and after receiving treatment. There is a significant difference between the mean scores in the pre-test and the post-test, namely (1.172 &lt;1.438), which indicates that there are differences in students' vocabulary mastery before and after treatment. The results of hypothesis testing proved that the value of t count = 7.528 is higher than t table = 2.093 (p = 0.05, df = 19). The comparison between the two values shows that the value of t count is greater than T table, which means that Ho: digital folktales does not improve vocabulary mastery of the seventh year students of SMP Negeri 9 Buru, is rejected, and H1: digital folktales increase vocabulary mastery of the seventh year students of SMP Negeri 9 Buru, is accepted. Therefore, it can be concluded that digital use of folktales improved the vocabulary mastery of the seventh-year students’ of SMP Negeri 9 Buru.

scholarly journals INTEGRASI REMEDIASI KESULITAN BELAJAR MENGGUNAKAN MODEL CORE BERBANTUAN BOOKLET TENTANG GETARAN GELOMBANG DI SMP

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Ariza Fitriani Safira ◽  
Haratua Tiur Maria S ◽  
Syukran Mursyid
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Change ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
High Effectiveness ◽  
Intact Group ◽  
Multiple Choice Tests ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Choice Tests ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
Essay Tests

This research aims to examine the effectiveness of the integrated remediation using booklet-assisted CORE leraning model to reduce students' learning difficulties about vibrations and waves at SMP Negeri 2 Pontianak. The research design is One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design with 27 students in class VIII C as samples using the intact group technique. The instruments are two-tiered multiple choice tests to analyze students’ learning difficulties related to concepts and essay tests to analyze students’ learning difficulties related to errors in solving problems. Based on the results, it is found that: (1) Students’ total misconceptions decreasing by 84.2%. (2) There is a significant conceptual change in all test items. (3) All students’ total errors in solving questions decreased by 78.32% (4) There are significant difference between the number of students' initial and final mistakes. (5) The percentage of all students’ learning difficulties decreased by 78.91%. (6) The remediation integration using CORE model assisted by a booklet has a high effectiveness to reduce students’ learning difficulties. The result of this study is expected to be a consideration for teachers in designing learning difficulties’ remediation activities for students, especially about vibrations and waves.Keywords: CORE Learning Model, Booklet, Students’ Learning Difficulties, Vibration and Waves

scholarly journals PENERAPAN PENDEKATAN KONTEKSTUAL DENGAN SIMULASI MACROMEDIA FLASH UNTUK MEREDUKSI MISKONSEPSI PESERTA DIDIK

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Mawardi Jalil Masri ◽  
Nur Aisyah Humairah ◽  
Dewi Sartika
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Large Percentage ◽  
Contextual Approach ◽  
Physics Learning ◽  
Multiple Choice Tests ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Choice Tests ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Inferential Analysis

The research was aimed to investigate (1) The large percentage of misconceptions before applied contextual approach with macromedia flash simulation in physics learning, (2) The large percentage of misconception after applied contextual approach with macromedia flash simulation in physics learning, (3) The significant difference before and after application contextual approach with simulation macromedia flash in physics learning. The type of research was used pre-experiment research with one-group-pretest-posttest design. Population in this research was all students of eleventh grade students of  SMANegeri 1 Sendana. The sample was taken by purposive sampling technique, as many as 24 students. Data collection techniques was used  multiple choice tests certainly of rensponse index (CRI). Data analysis techniques was used descriptive and inferential analysis. The results showed that (1) The percentage of misconceptions of learners before application contextual approach with macromedia flash simulation 60,16% with medium category, (2) The percentage of misconception learners after applied contextual approach with macromedia flash simulation 35,16% with very low category, (3) There was significant between misconception result before and after applcation contextual approach with macromedia flash simulation in physics learning. Keywords: Contextual approach, Macromedia flash, misconception, multiple choice CRI

scholarly journals Effect of Power Point Enhanced Teaching (Visual Input) on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension Ability

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Samira Sehati ◽  
Morteza Khodabandehlou
Keyword(s):  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Visual Input ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Intermediate Students ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Power Point ◽  
Experimental Group

The present investigation was an attempt to study on the effect of power point enhanced teaching (visual input) on Iranian Intermediate EFL learners’ listening comprehension ability. To that end, a null hypothesis was formulated as power point enhanced teaching (visual input) has no effect on Iranian Intermediate EFL learners' listening comprehension ability. The participants of the study were 100 students at Kish language institute. After administrating an OPT test, 40 intermediate students were randomly selected and divided into control and experimental groups. Both groups participated in pretest of listening comprehension. The purpose of such a test was to measure the initial subject knowledge of participants in listening comprehension ability in both groups. Then the control group received no treatment while the experimental group received treatment based on power point enhanced teaching (visual input). The whole project took for 8 sessions. Finally both groups sat for the post test of listening comprehension ability. In the analysis phase of the study, the data collected from the control and experimental group was analyzed through SPSS software. ANCOVA was run to compare the results to find out whether there was any significant difference among the scores of two groups or not. It was found that students in experimental group performed significantly better than control group. So the null hypothesis as power-point enhanced teaching (visual input) does not have effect on Iranian Intermediate EFL learners’ listening comprehension ability was rejected. The result showed that power point enhanced teaching (visual input) had impact on subjects' listening comprehension ability. The findings of the present study are of value to all those involved in developing and designing listening materials for EFL learners, besides teachers, testers, and curriculum planners.

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