NDLI: The Effect of Audio Story Practice on Iranian EFL Learners ' Listening Comprehension Ability

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The Effect of Audio Story Practice on Iranian EFL Learners ' Listening Comprehension Ability

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Author	Ghanimi, Afshin Arjm, Masoumeh Rahimy, Ramin
Abstract	This study investigated the effects of audio story practice (task) on EFL learners ' listening comprehension ability at institute level. The research question is that whether the audio story task enhances EFL learners ' listening comprehension ability. The participants were 47 pre-intermediate level students studying at Iran language institute located in Rasht, Iran. Two groups, the experimental and the control group, were assigned in the study. At the first step, both groups were administered an OPT to test the homogeneity of the groups. 24 participants were gone to Control group and 23 to experimental group. In control group the regular method was used to teach English language. In experimental group audio story task was applied as a supplementary material to regular classroom activity. A pre-test on listening comprehension was run to determine the initial level of participants ' listening comprehension ability. Then, both groups received a semester treatment sessions (6 weeks). The classes met three sessions each week, each session for 90 minutes. Experimental group received 30 minutes audio story task treatment at the end of a couple of sessions each week (8 sessions a semester). A post-test measure was run to see whether there is any development in each group ' performance after a semester
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Subject Keyword	Audio Story Practice Listening Comprehension Ability Iranian Efl Learner Comprehension Ability Control Group Experimental Group Efl Learner Audio Story Task Research Question Pre-intermediate Level Student Experimental Group Audio Story Task Initial Level Institute Level Regular Method Minute Audio Story Task Treatment Supplementary Material Post-test Measure Regular Classroom Activity English Language Semester Treatment Session Iran Language Institute
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