This study explored the effects of note-taking training on Korean college students’ notes during academic English listening tests. A total of 61 college students were randomly assigned to two different groups: Group A that later received training in note-taking strategy and Group B that did not. Group A received note-taking strategy training on three separate times, totaling 60 minutes (30 minutes, 15 minutes, and 15 minutes) that spread out over two months. The two groups took listening tests before and after Group A was trained. The results showed the positive effects of the notetaking training in relation with the groups’ note-taking behaviors. After training, the trained group used more and frequent notes whereas the untrained group’s number of notes decreased. Individual students who drastically increased the number of notes after training (in Test II) showed more systemic framework of notes for Test II than before training (in Test I). The present study is meaningful in that it utilized the different analyzing methods on the quality of notes compared with previous studies.

The goal of this study was to explore foreign language learner anxiety and strategy use associated with English listening and reading. For the purpose of the study, 98 high school freshmen took the test designed to measure their listening and reading comprehension. The participants were also asked to respond to the questionnaire items constructed to measure their anxiety and strategy use in English listening and reading. For data analysis, correlation and multiple regression analyses were performed. The study found that the students’ listening and reading anxiety showed strong, inverse correlations with their listening and reading proficiency. The students’ listening and reading skills were found to be more influenced by anxiety than by strategy use. The findings of the study are presented and discussed in more detail. The pedagogical implications of the findings are also discussed, along with some suggestions for future research.

본 연구는 토익중심의 영어 듣기 수업에서 세 가지 유형의 듣기 전 활동 (listening support) 이 학습자의 상위인지 전략에 대한 자각과 듣기성과에 어떠한 영향을 주는지에 대해 연구하였다. 연구를 위해 각각의 그룹에 현재 토익 듣기 수업에서 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 세 가지 유형의 듣기 전 활동이 이용되었다: 1) 질문 미리보기 (question preview); 2) 어휘 미리보기 (vocabulary preview); 3) 반복 듣기(repeat listening). EFL 학습자의 상위인지 전략에 인지자각에 대한 변화의 정도를 알기위해 입증된 ‘듣기 전략에 대한 상위 인지 자각에 대한 질문(MALQ)’이 듣기 전 활동 전 후로 실시되었고, 또한 듣기 성과의 변화 정도는 듣기 전 활동 전 후의 학습자의 듣기 점수를 비교하였다. 초급을 조금 벗어난 (토익듣기 200-250) 97명의 학습자들에게서 얻은 데이터 분석 결과, 연구에 사용된 세 가지 유형의 듣기 전 활동 모두 학습자의 상위 인지 자각과 듣기 결과에 긍정적으로 영향을 끼쳤다. 특히, 세 유형의 듣기 전 활동 중‘질문 미리보기 (QP)’가 듣기 전략에 대한 5가지 상위 인지 자각 요인 중 ‘planning-evaluation’ 요인과 ‘problem-solving’ 요인에 가장 의미 있는 결과를 보여주었다.