An Investigation of English Listening Strategies Employed by Lao EFL College Students
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Jan 28, 2019
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English Listening Strategies Cognitive Strategy Meta-Cognitive Strategy Social Affective Strategy Lao EFL College Students
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This research aimed to investigate and compare the English listening strategies employed by Lao EFL college students as classified by their genders and English proficiency. The samples were 71 third year English major students studying in the first semester of the academic year 2016 at Savannakhet Teacher Training College (STTC) in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR. They were selected by using the table of Krejcie and Morgan and a simple random sampling technique. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire adapted from Gu (2004). The obtained data were analyzed by using mean, standard deviation, and independent samples t-test. The findings revealed that the use of English listening strategies of Lao EFL college students both in overall and each strategy was at a high level. Cognitive strategy was reported to use most, followed by meta-cognitive strategy and social affective strategy, respectively. In addition, the English listening strategies employed by these students classified by genders and English proficiency in overall showed statistically significant difference at 0.05 level.
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listening texts by Chinese EFL students in Taiwan. Dissertation Abstracts
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psychological type on adult language learning strategies. Modern Language Journal,
73, 1-13.
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TESOL Quarterly, 32, 289-318.
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Organisation, 9, 271-282.
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comprehension and the strategies for improvement. Journal of Language Teaching
and Research, 2(5), 977-988.
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strategies and tacice. Language Teaching Research, 2(2), 124-147.
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System, 30, 185-206.
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TESOL Quarterly, 29(2), 261-297.
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learners. RELC Journal, 33(1), 35-54.
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listening strategy use. American International Journal of Social Science, 2(8),
115-125.
Krejcie, R.V. & Morgan, D.W. (1970). Determining sample size for research activities. Educational
and Psychological Measurements, 30, 607-610.
Murphy, J.M. (1985). Investigation into the listening strategies of ESL college students. TESOL
Quarterly, 12(2), 87-95.
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Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 4, 27-46.
Nunan, D. (1996). The effect of strategy training on student motivation, strategy
knowledge, perceived utility and deployment. Hertford Shire : Prentice
Hinternational(UK) Ltd.
Nyikos, M. & Oxford, R.L. (1993). A factor analytic study of language learning strategy use:
Interpretations from information-processing theory and social psychology. Modern
Language Journal, 7, 11-22.
O’Malley, J.M. & Chamot, A.U. (1990). Learning strategies in second language acquisition.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
O’Malley, J.M., Chamot, A.U. & Kupper, L. (1989). Listening Comprehension Strategies in
Second Language Acquisition. Applied Linguistics, 10(4), 418-437.
Oxford, R.L. (1990). Language learning strategies: What every teacher should know. Boston :
Heinle & Heinle.
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worldwide the ESL/EFL version of the strategies inventory for language learning : SILL.
System, 23, 1-23.
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and strategies, gender, course level, and previous language learning experiences on
Japanese language achievement. Foreign Language Annals, 26, 359-371.
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proficient and non-proficient language learners. E-journal for Reacher Teachers, 4(1),
1-26.
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students. Unpublished Master’s Thesis in English Major, Buriram Rajabhat University.
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Language Learning Journal, 4(2), 235-273.
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Language Journal, 78(2), 199-217.
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Dissertation Abstracts International, 54, 850A.
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listenier. Language Learning Journal, 53(3), 168-176.
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strategies used by Thai undergrade students in public universities in the south.
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500 corporations. USA : Communication Education.
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proficiency English majors in Taiwan-A think-aloud study. Unpublished Master’s
Thesis, National Changhua Universityof Education.