The Effects of Different Types of Visual Aids on Elementary School Students' English Listening Comprehension Achievement and Attitudes towards English Listening

• Main Authors: Hsing-ju Tsai, 蔡幸儒
• Other Authors: Ching-Ya Chiu
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64272983117483616967

碩士 === 立德大學 === 應用英語研究所 === 98 === Listening comprehension is essential for effective communication. However, Foreign Language or Second Language learners often have problems with listening comprehension. According to previous studies, providing students with visual aids may solve this problem. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate whether providing students with different types of visual aids could influence their listening comprehension achievement, attitudes toward English listening, and attitudes toward listening materials. A 12-week experiment was conducted with ninety sixth graders, dividing them into three groups and providing each group with a different kind of visual aid: text only, picture only and text-and-picture. Five instruments were employed, consisting of listening materials, a listening comprehension test, two questionnaires, and five quizzes. The findings of this study indicated that providing students with different types of visual aids could significantly influence their listening comprehension achievement and viewpoints on the listening materials. However, students’ attitudes toward English listening were not significantly influenced.