The use of pre-listening activities in teaching listening skill to English-majored students at Van Hien University

Chau Thi Khanh Linh *

* Correspondence: Chau Thi Khanh Linh (email: linhctk@vhu.edu.vn)

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Received: 05 Mar 2017
Revised: 03 Apr 2018
Accepted: 03 Apr 2018
Published: 29 May 2018
DOI: 10.58810/vhujs.6.1.2018.6127
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Chau, L. . T. K. (2018). The use of pre-listening activities in teaching listening skill to English-majored students at Van Hien University. Van Hien University Journal of Science 6(1), 30-38.
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Volume 6 - Issue 1 (2018)
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Education

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Abstract

In teaching listening, it is widely known that a good pattern for listening session should include three stages: pre-listening, while-listening, and post-listening. The aim of this paper is to investigate the employment of pre-listening activities to help improve English-majored students’ listening compre- hension at Van Hien University. The paper first defines the listening process and then reviews various pre-listening activities that are used in teaching and learning listening skill. In order to illustrate the importance of the use of pre-listening activities, the experiment was employed with the participation of two separate groups: one experimental group and one control group. Pre- and post-tests were used to explore students’ performance before and after the use of pre-listening activities in teaching listening lessons. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups after the experiment. This difference was in favor of the group experiencing pre-listening activities. Finally, from the research findings, recommendations were made in the hope of improving listening practice and teaching.
Keywords: listening skill, pre-listening activities, English-majored students

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