TAILIEUCHUNG - Improving High School English Language Learners’ Second Language Listening Through Strategy Instruction

Another cultural difference frequently remarked on by Volunteers is amount of time spent in staff meetings. A former Volunteer in Ghana who later returned to Africa as a Peace Corps staff member, reminisced about his teaching days, saying: When I was in Ghana, I would rather have hat my tongue nailed to a tree than sit through any more staff meetings. Though I've come to realize that these meetings aren't inefficient or indecisive. What seemed to me repetitious and pointless was a finely tuned communication machine in action. It would have been impolite not to let everyone have his. | Improving High School English Language Learners Second Language Listening Through Strategy Instruction Karen A. Carrier Northern Illinois University Abstract High school English language learners need strong oral comprehension skills for access to oral content in their academic classes. Unfortunately instruction in effective listening strategies is often not part of their English as a Second Language ESL curriculum. This study tested the hypothesis that targeted listening strategy instruction in the ESL classroom results in improved listening comprehension that can be useful in English language learners academic content classes. After receiving 15 listening strategy training sessions participants showed a statistically significant improvement in discrete and video listening ability as well as note-taking ability. This study suggests that targeted listening strategy instruction should be part ofthe ESL curriculum. Sources for designing and implementing effective listening strategy instruction are provided and research needs and designs are suggested. Introduction Videotapes and audiotapes cable television and interactive computer software are becoming increasingly common methods of delivering academic content in the high school classroom. This puts a heavy burden on students who are English language learners ELLs and thus still in the process of developing their English language proficiency via instruction in their English as a Second Language ESL class. Unfortunately instruction in effective listening strategies is often not part of the ESL curriculum. It is frequently assumed that because students have many opportunities to hear spoken English throughout the school day this exposure will improve their ability to Second Language Listening Strategy Instruction 383 comprehend oral English. However for many students this is not the case. Even when listening is the focus of lessons in the ESL classroom it often consists of testing students ability to listen to oral .

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