Abstract
Listening proficiency, though inherently challenging to teach due to its complexity and implicit nature, holds paramount importance in linguistic competence as it serves as a comprehensible input for enhancing both auditory comprehension and broader linguistic competence. Recognising the pivotal role of needs analysis in educational inquiry, this teacher research seeks to elucidate a cohort of 73 ELT students' needs and preferences concerning listening comprehension to suggest and implement instructional approaches. Employing introspective self-reports, the study aimed to discover students' perceptions of their self-efficacy, encountered challenges, strategies to overcome, and instructional preferences pertinent to listening comprehension. The inductive content analysis of 1732 words disclosed a nuanced depiction of students' moderately perceived self-efficacy in listening comprehension (M = 3,15), delineating prevalent impediments such as the inadequate listening practice (n = 21), recognition of spoken words (n = 13), and deficient lexical knowledge (n = 11). Proposed remedial strategies prominently featured cinematic engagement (n = 41), extensive auditory exposure (n = 14), and the utilisation of auditory media such as songs (n = 12) and podcasts (n = 14). Notably, recommendations for instructional enhancements underscored the salience of extensive listening practices (n = 20) and the cultivation of speech clarity (n = 18) in intensive listening. Systematic categorisation of identified issues and solutions facilitated a coherent synthesis, illuminating a collective inclination toward addressing bottom-up processing challenges and advocating for the augmentation of extensive listening activities. These discernments furnish valuable insights for formulating targeted pedagogical interventions to ameliorate listening proficiency within the ELT domain.
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Muhammed Fatih Gökmen, Siirt University, Türkiye
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Conference: ECLL2024
Stream: Psychology of the learner
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To cite this article:
Gökmen M. (2024) Developing Listening Comprehension in English Language Teaching: Insights From a Needs Analysis Study ISSN: 2188-112X The European Conference on Language Learning 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 115-121) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-112X.2024.10
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-112X.2024.10
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