Abstract Listening plays a significant role in daily communication and educational processes. In spite of its importance, listening has long been the neglected skill in second and foreign language acquisition, research, teaching, and assessment. However, on account of the entire challenges EFL learners encounter in classrooms due to the listening complexity, some pre-listening activities as sup...

Over the last five decades, research in teaching and testing (academic) listening has investigated different foci. Initially, involved bottom-up approaches (Dirven Oakeshott-Taylor, 1984) then both higher- lower-level processes were integrated (Voss, 1984). In early 2000s, input formats (Read, 2002) discourse features of lectures (Thompson, 2003) subjects academic research. More recently, EAP t...

nayshābūr achieved considerable scholarly growth in the 3rd-6th/9th-12th centuries that was coupled with some ups and downs. this scholarly and academic growth was associated with desirable economic conditions. one of the instances of desirable economic conditions in nayshābūr was manifested in the scholars’ livelihood, and therefore, the scholars’ academic progress was to some extent dependent...

This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between foreign language listening anxiety and listening comprehension. The study employed correlational study design. Participants of the study were 40 grade 11 students who attended the listening class in 2015/2016. Foreign language listening anxiety questionnaire and listening comprehension tests were used as data gathering instrumen...

This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between foreign language listening anxiety and listening comprehension. The study employed correlational study design. Participants of the study were 40 grade 11 students who attended the listening class in 2015/2016. Foreign language listening anxiety questionnaire and listening comprehension tests were used as data gathering instrumen...

Many studies in language learning have indicated that listening comprehension plays an important role in the learning process. In spite of its importance, listening has been ignored in second language learning, research, and teaching. The purpose of the present article is to define the terms listening and listening comprehension, review the components of listening, explain teachers’ role ...

Listening is referred to by many scholars as the most important as well as the most complicated skill in the language, which can cause mental fatigue in the learners. This study was an attempt to investigate the relationship between L2 listening comprehension and listening fatigue among Iranian EFL learners. For this purpose, 86 intermediate and upper-intermediate Iranian EFL learners randomly ...

The aim of the current investigation was to explore practitioners’ attitudes toward and reasons for listening open-access podcasts. It is well accepted within literature that sport exercise practitioners, such as coaches scientists, perceive several barriers access scientific academic research. Open-access podcasts may provide an alternative platform developing esoteric knowledge. Nine practiti...

Listening is a pervasive and significant act of conservation research praxis, mattering greatly for the realisation agendas, not least its ambitions to be outward looking inclusive in approach. Yet, value role listening has been barely explored sustained reflexive way. This paper preliminary schematic what it might mean attend listening, set within context larger field scholarship as well more ...