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Abu Rabia, Salim – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
The goal of the present study was to investigate the effect of short Arabic vowels on listening comprehension. It is well documented that short vowels affect reading and reading comprehension in Arabic literacy. Since reading comprehension and listening comprehension share many commonalities, it is assumed that short vowels will positively affect…
Descriptors: Vowels, Semitic Languages, Listening Comprehension, Short Term Memory
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Ozcelik, Hatice Nur; Van den Branden, Kris; Van Steendam, Elke – International Journal of Listening, 2023
It is vital to understand the listening problems students face in a foreign language (FL) classroom. In the current study, students were provided with options to identify these problems. Twenty-eight A1 level Turkish secondary school students worked in pairs and had autonomy to control the audio while listening. While dialogic exchanges…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Linguistic Input, Speech Communication, Listening Comprehension
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Stockholm (Sweden).
In 1965 the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) inaugurated a cross-national survey of achievement in six subjects: Science, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English as a Foreign Language, French as a Foreign Language, and Civic Education. The overall aim of the project was to use international tests in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Morrison, F.; Pawley, C. – 1987
A study of the language proficiency of students in core French programs in a number of Eastern Ontario (Canada) high schools looked at the listening comprehension, reading comprehension, and oral skills of students in grades 9, 10, and 12. Comparisons were made across and within school districts, and also with previous groups tested. Findings show…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Foreign Countries, French, Grade 10
Groene, Horst – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1978
Radio dramas deserve wider use in foreign language teaching because of their important place in current Anglo-American literary production, and also for their pedagogical value of providing training in auditory comprehension. Suggestions are given for obtaining materials. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Drama, Educational Radio, English (Second Language), Grade 11
Smith, D. G., Ed. – 1981
Information for second language teachers in Great Britain, also applicable to the situation in the United States, is presented. The material is organized as a response to the availability of second language instruction to students across all ability levels. In addition, issues related to new developments in theory-into-practice (such as the…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Grade 12