Is listening instruction neglected intentionaly or incidentaly in foreign language teaching contexts?

Year 2018, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 154 - 172, 15.06.2018

İsmail Çakır

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Is listening instruction neglected intentionaly or incidentaly in foreign language teaching contexts?
This study aimed to explore whether foreign language learners would benefit from listening activities in the coursebooks, and to what extent  foreign language instructors use the regarding activities. It is also intended in this study to determine the views of the teachers on the effectiveness of improving learners’ listening skill through the listening activities. In this respect, 51 teachers based in elementary and high schools in the province of Kayseri, Turkey participated in the present study. The survey was administered to the participants and their views were received and analyzed using SPSS 20.0 statistics programme. The results indicate that the participants to a great extent agree that listening has a crucial role in developing learners’ listening comprehension and pronouncing the target vocabulary correctly. The results also prove that learners benefit from the effective use of listening activities in the coursebooks, in developing self-esteem and learner autonomy.
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Author (Last name, First name)	Çakır, İsmail
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Keywords

Listening, coursebook, correct pronunciation, fluency, self-esteem

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