摘要:As an attempt to shed more light on the effectiveness of strategy instruction in
second language (L2) learning, the present study was set to investigate the
contribution of listening strategy instruction to improve listening comprehension of
English as foreign language (EFL) learners in Iranian context. In so doing, a
number of 52 English literature students of two intact classes at Islamic Azad
University, North Tehran Branch, in Iran served as the participants of the study.
The two classes were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control
group. The experimental group received the listening strategy instruction according
to the approach proposed by Yeldham and Gruba (2014), whereas the control
group was taught with regular method with no strategy instruction. The listening
section of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) was
administered to measure the listening comprehension ability of the students before
(i.e., as pre-test) and after (i.e., as post-test) the strategy instruction. Oxford
Placement Test (OPT) was also administered to ensure the homogeneity of the
participants with regard to their general English proficiency. The findings revealed
that the experimental group significantly outperformed the control group on the
listening performance test, suggesting that the listening strategy instruction was
effective in enhancing listening comprehension of the participants.
关键词:listening strategy instruction; listening comprehension; EFL; strategy;based
instruction; language learners