Examinando por Materia "Listening comprehension"

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    Enhancing students’ listening of narratives through genre-based approach
    (Universidad de Córdoba, 2025-07-13) Hurtado Soto, Yarlei Edith; García Montes, Paula; Martinez Diaz, Luis Alfredo; Lorduy Arellano, Danilsa
    Listening is a fundamental skill that allows us to comprehend what happens around us. According to Cheung (2010), listening is the principal skill we should improve when learning a foreign language, as it is the foundation to acquire other skills. Strengthening comprehension will mean an increase in other skills and the overall learning process. In the context of education, different methodologies can be used to improve listening comprehension; one of them can be the genre-based approach (Henceforth, GBA), an approach that focuses on helping students understand and identify the different components, structures, and features of a text (or genre) to produce it correctly. According to Castrillon (2018), the approach gives students meaningful experiences in the learning process. In addition, as Derewianka and Jones (2016) suggest, awareness of genre can allow students to recognize how certain texts are structured to cover certain social purposes and how culture can shape them. As genre structures are created with a social purpose, the idea of students understanding this structure can greatly benefit them. This action research investigated how using audio-video of short narratives such as fables and moral tales may enhance students' English listening skills using genre-based lessons. This study was conducted with 30 eleventh-grade students from the INEM "Lorenzo María de Lleras" school. The research employed pre-task and final tasks, comprehension tasks during the lessons, a semi-structured interview, and class observations to collect data. The findings suggest that the genre-based approach successfully enhances students' listening comprehension within the target genre, allowing students to identify different aspects such as, in the case of fables, themes, schematics structure, identification of the morals and reflection, participants, and social purpose. Furthermore, the genre-based approach combined with audio-video fables fosters students' engagement during the lessons.
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    Listening comprehension through picture storybook strategy in kindergarten students
    (2022-09-02) Mejìa Ramos, Leidys Adriana; Arrieta Carrascal, Adolfo
    Picture Story Books (PSBs) is a pedagogical tool consisting of text and illustrations that allow students to develop the process of pre-reading skills, emergent literacy, and comprehension skills. This research study attempted to use Picture storybook strategy (PSBs) as a tool to encourage students’ listening comprehension development. The issue addressed the lack of materials teachers use in preschool to teach English as a second language, therefore, teachers implement strategies that do not consider specific students learning' needs. Furthermore, there has not been sufficient data that describes the use of strategies drawn to stimulate children’s foreign language listening development during the preschool years. The purpose of this Action Research study was to describe how the use of Picture Story Books favors or not on students’ listening comprehension in preschool levels in a private bilingual school in Monteria. In addition, the study described how the use of the strategy contributes to the professional development of English as a Foreign Language Teachers (EFL). In order to accomplish the objective of this Action Research, some interventions were carried out based on students’ needs and the development of their listening comprehension skills. Moreover, this Action Research follows a model of four steps; Plan, Act, Observe, and Reflect. Analysis of classroom observations, students’ artifacts, and teacher’s diary were used to collect the data and reflect on the practical ways teachers provide to assist the specific situations in the classroom.