AbstractListening is one of the significant roles in educational process English language learning. Despite its importance our daily communication, it a skill where most EFL learners struggle with during online listening comprehension practice. This study examines difficulties faced by (i.e., Intensive learners) preparing for IELTS test. In this paper, researchers reviewed terms and learning, i...

Listening is considered one of the most challenging language skills, so EFL learners find it difficult to get engaged in learning it. Various obstacles have been reported causing challenges for English listening comprehension. This study, therefore, aimed explore students’ engagement and their problems The research was conducted at a high school Ca Mau province, Vietnam with participation 180 t...

Suboptimal listening conditions interfere with listeners' on-line comprehension. A degraded source signal, noise that interferes with sound transmission, and/or listeners' cognitive or linguistic limitations are examples of adverse listening conditions. Few studies have explored the interaction of these factors in pediatric populations. Yet, they represent an increasing challenge in educational...

The present research examined the effect of speech rate on listening comprehension of Iranian EFL learners. Initially, a sample of 108 sophomore EFL learners majoring in English translation was selected based on systematic random sampling from Abadan Islamic Azad University. Then, based on an ECCE proficiency test, 62 participants were chosen and divided into two homogeneous groups of 31. One g...

The pivotal role of listening comprehension in second/foreign language learning requires that researchers conduct studies which investigate factors that affect test takers’ performances. The present study was set out to examine whether item modality (i.e., written vs. oral items) affects listening comprehension test performance. In addition, it investigated whether allowing test takers to take ...

The purpose of this experiment was to investigate whether classroom reverberation influences second-language (L2) listening comprehension. Moreover, we investigated whether individual differences in baseline L2 proficiency and in working memory capacity (WMC) modulate the effect of reverberation time on L2 listening comprehension. The results showed that L2 listening comprehension decreased as ...

Recent studies that compared reading comprehension between print and digital displays found a disadvantage for digital reading. A separate line of research has shown that effective use of learning strategies and active learning tools (e.g. annotation tools: highlighting, underlining and notetaking) can improve reading comprehension. Here, the influence of annotation tools on comprehension and t...