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Listening Comprehension Strategies of EFL Learners: A Case Study of Three Korean Elementary Students

Unkyoung Maeng
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외국어교육
제13권 제3호 (2006.09)
pp.187-213
한국외국어교육학회 (The Korea Association Of Foreign Languages Education)
초록

This paper is a case study of the strategic behaviors of younger Korean students. Three Korean elementary students are examined in this study. An interview was used to collect retrospective verbal data on listening processes as well as listening strategies, and a listening strategy questionnaire was used to gather additional information regarding general listening strategic behaviors. A coded strategy report was tabulated, and the mean and percentage were used to render a strategy profile for each participant. The results of this study revealed that the participants, in most case, used all four groups of strategies: cognitive, compensation, metacognitive and affective strategies. However, they differed in their use of strategies within each group of strategies as well as in how often they used each type of strategies. The differences in the strategic behaviors were closely related to listening proficiency level, text difficulty and listening situation. A highly proficient participant used more strategies compared to less proficient participants. The highly proficient participant typically used top-down strategies more often. In contrast, the less proficient participants used bottom-up strategies more often. They typically relied heavily on familiar words and translation when they listened to a more difficult text. Cognitive strategies were reported the most in the interview and compensation strategies were marked as highest in the LSQ.

목차

Ⅰ.Introduction
Ⅱ.Literature Review
Ⅲ. Method
Ⅳ. Results and Discussion
Ⅴ.Conclusion
References
Appendix

저자
  • Unkyoung Maeng(Ajou University) | 맹은경