The Effects of Different Types of Listening Support on Listening Comprehension of Junior High School Students

• Main Authors: Hui-ya Lin, 林慧雅
• Other Authors: Tsae-tzy Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/s5pvhg

碩士 === 國立屏東教育大學 === 英語學系 === 97 === ABSTRACT This study is to investigate the effects of three different listening supports on listening comprehension of junior high school students. The researcher also divided the students into two proficiency levels to examine if the effects would be the same or not for students with different proficiency levels. Moreover, it explored the effect of different listening support on students’ anxiety. These three listening supports were repeated input, question preview and slow speed. In this study, one hundred and two seventh graders at Tung-kung junior high school were recruited. A listening pretest was adopted to divide the students into high and low achievers. After each comprehension test using a specific listening support, a questionnaire was conducted to gather subjects’ personal information and attitudes towards each listening support. The scores of the comprehension test and students’ responses in the questionnaire were analyzed using SPSS including Descriptive Statistics, one-way ANOVA, and two-way ANOVA repeated measure and qualitative analysis. Even though the result was not significant, it showed that these listening supports were effective for the participants’ listening performance. In addition, three different listening supports had different effects on high and low achievers. High proficiency students benefited more from receiving question preview, whereas low proficiency students benefited more from repeated input listening support. Furthermore, many students thought that slow speed listening support was least anxiety-provoking; nonetheless, for the high achievers, they thought repeated input was the least anxiety-provoking support while the low achievers thought slow speed could decrease their listening anxiety more than the other two supports.