The Effect of Metacognitive Listening Strategy Training on EFL Learners’ Listening Sub-skills Performance

Hassan Dousti; Hossein Abolfathiasl

doi:10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.2n.4p.50

The Effect of Metacognitive Listening Strategy Training on EFL Learners’ Listening Sub-skills Performance

Hassan Dousti, Hossein Abolfathiasl

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the impact of metacognitive listening strategy instruction on the listening sub-skills performance of the Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners at the Foreign Language Center, Imam Ali University. The current study has been conducted with 64 participants. They were assigned into two groups randomly, an experimental group (n: 32) and a control group (n: 32). To determine the listening comprehension ability of the participants, a listening comprehension pretest based on the listening sub-skills was administered to the participants before the experiment. Then, the experimental group received an eight-week treatment on metacognitive listening strategies. After the treatment phase, a posttest was given to the participants in both the experimental and control group. The results of the independent t-test showed that there is a statistically significant difference (3.29>2; df = 62) between the posttest scores of the experimental group and the control group. Metacognitive strategy training promoted students’ listening comprehension remarkably; therefore, it should be integrated into the listening instruction programs to help language learners become more effective listeners.

Keywords

Listening subskill, metacognitive listening strategy, listening performance, EFL

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