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Exploring the relationship between listening development and strategy use

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Santos, D. and Vanderplank, R. (2011) Exploring the relationship between listening development and strategy use. Language Teaching Research, 15 (4). pp. 435-456. ISSN 1477-0954

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1177/1362168811412026

Abstract/Summary

This paper reports on an investigation into the development of the listening proficiency and strategic behaviour of 15 lower-intermediate learners of French in England. We consider whether listeners remain in the same listening proficiency group after six months, and whether changes in strategy use are related to movement or non-movement between listening proficiency groups. We also examine whether learners’ strategic behaviour reflects their teachers’ approaches to listening. Data were gathered at two time points from a recall protocol which learners completed after listening to short passages and from verbal reports made by learners while they completed a multiple choice listening task. Teacher interviews provided information on how listening had been presented in learners' classrooms. We detected little movement by students across the listening proficiency groups between the two time points. In spite of some changes in frequency of strategy use, we also observed stability in manner of use by some learners. Differences in strategy use were more evident between groups (non-movers, improvers and decliners) than between uses from Time 1 to Time 2. We conclude by discussing the pedagogical implications of these findings.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Arts, Humanities and Social Science > Institute of Education > Language and Literacy in Education
ID Code:20904
Uncontrolled Keywords:listening comprehension, learner strategies, French as a foreign language
Publisher:Sage

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