The Extent of Background Information and Comprehension of Verbal Narratives

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The purpose of this study is to examine the importance of schemata in listening comprehension, stated in Long (1990) in comparison with the effectiveness of the use of the multi-presentation in foreign language learning claimed by Paivio (1986) under two different mode of presentations; narration (soundtrack) only and narration with picture on the video. To test the effectiveness of schemata-teaching, four groups were formed: Group 1) narration only; Group 2, narration with schema added; Group 3, narration with visual information added; Group 4, narration with both schema and visual information added. Two hundred university subjects listened to an American English TV news broadcast twice and were then asked to answer both the recall test and the comprehension test. Significant differences in scores on the two tests, on the listening passage across the four different treatment groups, were observed for both the comprehension test and the recall test. The results indicate that the provision of the schemata contributed to improve both total comprehension and recall of the content of the text more effectively than the addition of video picture to the narration. The most successful treatment combination turned out to be Group 4; narration with both schema and visual information.
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