The Effect of Listening Input in Relation to Learners' Proficiency Levels

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This study will look at how an approach to listening activity can affect the levels of students' oral production. The paper will also focus on how motivation, specifically extrinsic motivation, (external motivating factors) can have an affect on students' production. One particular listening activity will be used to demonstrate how an approach to the activity by previewing the lesson and explaining the purpose and the aim of the task to the students can increase the success rate of comprehension and production. To determine the effectiveness of these factors, participants were put into two categories. One group, the informed group, was given the explanation of purposes and goals, and the other group, the uninformed group, was not given any pre-information. Subjects were divided into three English proficiency levels; upper, middle and lower. The statistical analyses are presented in the study using a one factor ANOVA. The results demonstrated a significant difference in comprehension and production. Within this group, middle and lower level students were greatly effected by the task. Finally the results of this study strongly suggest the extrinsic motivating factors, such as explaining the purposes and goals before the lesson, will enhance the students' productivity.
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