The Effect of Genre Consciousness-raising Tasks on EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension Performance
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30595/aplinesia.v1i01.12049Keywords:
Genre, Consciousness-raising Tasks, Listening Comprehension, EFL Learners, Language ProficiencyAbstract
The present study attempted to investigate the effect of genre consciousness-raising activities on listening comprehension performance of EFL learners across language proficiency levels. A number of genre consciousnessraising tasks were adapted from Flowerdew (1993) and used as the treatment procedures in this study. Two different listening comprehension tests of News broadcast genre, used as pre- and post-test, were administered to 120 senior students majoring in English language translation. The results indicated that consciousness-raising tasks significantly affected EFL learners' listening comprehension performance. However, the effect of genre consciousness-raising tasks did not vary across different language proficiency levels. Overall, the findings provide empirical support for the facilitative effect of genre consciousness-raising tasks on the listening comprehension performance of the EFL learners.References
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