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Exploring the role of strategy instruction: Young learners’ listening performance and strategy use

İsmail Hakkı Erten
Pelin İrgin
Pages
415–441
Publication Date
2022-10-18
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This study implies thatlistening strategy instruction should be integrated in second language listening classroom to betteryoung learners’ listening.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This paper reports on an exploratory investigation into the impacts of implicit instruction of listeningstrategies on strategy use and listening performance of young EFL learners in Turkey.
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Key Findings & Data:Data from 34lower-intermediate learners of English in two-4th grade-classes in a primary school were analysed toinvestigate to what extent their employment of listening strategies varied after 12-week-strategyinstruction integrated into their listening activities, and whether there was any change in theirawareness of top-down and bottom-up processes in listening comprehension.
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Conclusion & Impact:This study implies thatlistening strategy instruction should be integrated in second language listening classroom to betteryoung learners’ listening.
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This paper reports on an exploratory investigation into the impacts of implicit instruction of listeningstrategies on strategy use and listening performance of young EFL learners in Turkey. Data from 34lower-intermediate learners of English in two-4th grade-classes in a primary school were analysed toinvestigate to what extent their employment of listening strategies varied after 12-week-strategyinstruction integrated into their listening activities, and whether there was any change in theirawareness of top-down and bottom-up processes in listening comprehension. Qualitative instruments oflistening interviews were employed in the experimental and control groups to explore young learners’listening strategy use. Also, self-assessment grids and a pre- and post-test provided evidence of how theexperimental group class had changed their reported strategy use and performance in listeningcomprehension. Analysis of the data revealed a difference in young learners’ listening performance andstrategy use over the examined time period, including a reported change in awareness of listening,increase in self-confidence, and a greater willingness to engage in strategy use. These findings arediscussed in terms of the development in listening comprehension in English. This study implies thatlistening strategy instruction should be integrated in second language listening classroom to betteryoung learners’ listening.

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Erten, İ. H., İrgin, P. (2022). Exploring the role of strategy instruction: Young learners’ listening performance and strategy use. Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, Cilt: 6 - Sayı: 3, 415–441. https://ajindex.com/articles/506978

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