The purpose of this study was to improve students' listening comprenension through the pre-listening activities and the post-listening small group discussion.
The subjects were divided into two groups. One was the experimental group, 50 students and ...
The purpose of this study was to improve students' listening comprenension through the pre-listening activities and the post-listening small group discussion.
The subjects were divided into two groups. One was the experimental group, 50 students and the other was the comparative group, 50 students.
In order to obtain the effective result in the experimental group of this study, first, the syllabuses for pre-listening activities were selected and the teaching materials suitable for them were made. That is, students could predict the contents to listen to through the presentations of pictures. Words and expressions. And guestures and answers. Second, the experimental group consisted of 50 students according to such norms as students' social & cultural backgrounds and score of the previous year. Third, the teaching-learning model that could include the pre-listening activity step and the post-listening activity step was made.
The mean scores of the previous year in the experimental group and the comparative group were 16.82 and 17.26 respectively(full score 20). As a result of executing this project, however, the mean scores of that group and this group were 16.67 and 15.58 respectively. Finally, this result of this study emphasizes the introduction of pre-listening activities and post-listening small group discussion to improve students' listening comprehension.