The Effect of Note Taking vs. Summarizing Strategy on Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension

Mehri Khavazi, Mandana Yousefi, Naeemeh Kharaghani

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This study, specifically, investigated the effect of note taking and summarizing strategies on Iranian EFL learners’ listening comprehension. The study aimed at investigating the effects of note taking and summarizing on listening comprehension of Iranian EFL learners. The participants of the study included 75 female language learners in Bojnord who were homogenized in terms of language proficiency. They were divided into two experimental and onecontrol groups. ANCOVA test was used to analyze the effect of instructing listening strategies on the students’ listening comprehension. The results revealed that both note taking and summarizing strategies were effective in enhancing Iranian EFL learners’ listening comprehension performance. In addition, it was found that summarizing strategy was more effective than note taking strategy in improving students’listening comprehension. In terms of theoretical implications, the results of the study contribute to the validity of such theories like depth of processing, output hypothesis, and noticing hypothesis.


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Note-Taking Strategy, Summarizing Strategy, Listening Comprehension

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.7n.2p.42

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