Authentic materials on English listening comprehension through technology with seventh year students at an elementary school in Loja city. School year 2022 – 2023. Materiales auténticos sobre la comprensión auditiva del inglés a través de la tecnología con estudiantes de séptimo año de una escuela primaria de la ciudad de Loja. Año escolar 2022 - 2023.
In the English language teaching-learning process, listening comprehension has been considered an important skill to understand messages and to be a better communicator. In this sense, the main objective of the following research work was to improve English listening comprehension skills by using au...
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2023
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Add Tag | Summary: | In the English language teaching-learning process, listening comprehension has been considered an important skill to understand messages and to be a better communicator. In this sense, the main objective of the following research work was to improve English listening comprehension skills by using authentic materials through technology among seventh year students at an elementary school in Loja city during the 2022-2023 school year. The method applied for the study was mixed based on the practical action research as the researcher used a pretest and a posttest as instruments to collect numerical information on the level of performance in students’ listening comprehension sub-skills before and after the implementation of the intervention plan and a questionnaire to gather quantitative and qualitative data related to the students’ perceptions of using authentic materials for the improvement of their listening comprehension skills, which were interpreted employing descriptive statistics and analysed with thematic analysis. The results indicated that seventh grade students improved their listening comprehension sub-skills such as listening for predicting, listening for gist, listening for specific information, listening for understanding vocabulary, and listening for sequencing. On the other hand, the findings showed that students agreed that authentic materials like songs, cartoons, conversations, TED talks, and documentaries allowed them to acquire the language, keep them motivated, develop their interaction with their classmates, feel comfortable, and develop their listening skills. Therefore, the researcher concluded that seventh grade students positively perceived the use of authentic materials through technology because they helped to improve their listening comprehension skills, language acquisition, motivation, interaction, and comfort. Keywords: Authentic materials, English, listening comprehension, technology in education, skills. |
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