英文摘要 |
This study examined the effects of a consecutive interpretation note-taking strategy (hereafter abbreviated as the CINT) on Taiwanese senior high school students' EFL listening comprehension. Seventy students from two classes of a senior high school in central Taiwan participated in the experiment. One class served as the experimental group (n = 35), and the other as the control group (n = 35). The experiment lasted for ten weeks and utilized TOEIC listening tests, CINT hand-outs, and pre-experiment and post-experiment questionnaires. The ANOVA results revealed that, on average, the experimental group showed significantly greater improvement in listening comprehension than the control group, which meant that CINT instruction was beneficial in boosting students' listening proficiency. In general, subjects' qualitative responses corresponded to their quantitative results. Two pedagogical implications were noted. First, CINT instruction should be incorporated into the curriculum to upgrade students' listening proficiency. Second, CINT could help learners stay focused and serve as an external memory aid, but it may not be able to overcome the limitations of the listener's insufficient vocabulary and the speaker's rapid rate of speech. Hence, the design of the listening comprehension practices should be as diverse as possible to meet each individual student's needs. |