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Asia TEFL
2006
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Adding Web-Based Listening Practice to a Listening
Comprehension Course: Cultivating Autonomous
Learning
Melvin R. Andrade, Ed.D.
Sophia Junior College
and
Aoyama Gakuin University (IE
Program)
Through the Internet, learners of English as a foreign language have access
to a large and growing body of listening material. Some of this material is
intended for learners of English while other material assumes a native or
near-native competency. What kind of material is available on the Web for
developing listening comprehension ability? How can we evaluate the value
and quality of these sites? Which sites do students like or dislike and why?
The present study describes a one-semester course in EFL listening
comprehension for Japanese college students in which guided and free
listening using Web resources played a major role. In particular, it
presents and analyzes the results of weekly questionnaires and homework
assignments through which the students summarized, gave their opinion of and
evaluated the sites. This action research had two aims. One aim was to
develop guidelines to help teachers who wish to add a Web-based listening
component to their courses. The other aim was to identify sites of
particular usefulness for students who wish to continue improving their
listening comprehension on their own after completion of the course.
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| A paper presented at
the Asia TEFL 2006--Fourth International
Conference, Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka City, Japan, August 18-20,
2006 |