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The impact of frequent exposure to authentic audio visual material on enhancement of Iranian EFL learners ’ listening comprehension ability
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Ahour, Touran Rahbar, Samira |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | In recent years with the advent of technology in people’s life, the use of audio visual material to assist learners in their language learning experience especially EFL learning contexts has been integrated into the curriculum design in many countries. The use of video as an audio-visual aid in foreign language classrooms with the emphasis on communicative language teaching has attracted the attention of language teachers, SLA researchers as well as learners and it is apparent that the use of such useful learning tool can be a great help for language learning. In this study the effect of frequent exposure to audiovisual material on Iranian EFL learner shave been investigated. In order to conduct the study 40 Iranian intermediate students have been selected out of a pool of 200 based on their result in a placement test. The selected participants were randomly assigned into two groups of experimental and control each containing 20 learners. The listening ability of the participants were tested by a pre-test before start of the treatment and no significant difference have been observed. After a period of two month in which the experimental group received treatment of exposure to authentic audio visual material a round of posttest was administrated and the scores obtained from two groups was compared using a ttest. It was observed that the experimental group who have received the treatment achieved significantly better scores. It was concluded that frequent exposure to audio visual material has a positive impact on improvement of learners’ listening ability. © 2015 Elixir All rights reserved ARTICLE INF O Article h istory: Received: 16 August 2014; Received in revised form: 19 December 2014; Accepted: 29 December 2014; |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.elixirpublishers.com/articles/1420012994_78%20(2015)%2029513-29517.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
