Listening is an important language skill to develop in terms of second language acquisition (SLA). In spite of its importance, second language (L2) learners often regard listening as the most difficult language skill to learn. This paper reviews a variety of recent research on listening comprehension to provide a basis for creating more effective listening instruction. It begins with a brief di...

Metacognitive Instruction in Listening is a pedagogical procedure that allows the learners to enhance their awareness of listening process and, at same time, helps them develop skills. This quasi-experiment study conducted on ninety (90) Grade 10 students determine efficacy Process-Based students' comprehension and metacognitive awareness. A pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research design c...

This study aimed to investigate the impact of web-based cooperative teaching through strategy-based instruction on EFL learners’ speaking and listening skills. Moreover, the use of cooperative teaching was hypothesized to have impact on the EFL learners’ self-efficacy. To this purpose, the study followed a mixed-methods design by implementing both qualitative and quantitative data gathering pro...

For three main reasons, assessment is a crucial part of ‘Language Teaching’. First and foremost, the offers teachers reliable foundation continuing points for planning developing lessons. Next, delivers instant feedback to gauge learners' progress enables students establish their goals. Additionally, contributes program evaluation, ensuring alignment curriculum teacher growth. Within realm list...

The purpose of this study was to probe the effect of metacognitive strategy instruction through dialogic interaction on the reading comprehension performance and metacognitive awareness of Iranian EFL learners. The data were collected through the Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) and a reading test to examine changes in metacognitive awareness and reading performance before and after the inte...

The purpose of this study was to probe the effect of metacognitive strategy instruction through dialogic interaction on the reading comprehension performance and metacognitive awareness of Iranian EFL learners. The data were collected through the Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) and a reading test to examine changes in metacognitive awareness and reading performance before and after the inte...

The objectives of this study are twofold: (1) to examine if instruction focusing on sources of self-efficacy and meta-cognitive strategies can help Japanese EFL freshmen improve their English listening skills and enhance their self-efficacy with respect to their English listening skills; and (2) to investigate if the enhancement of self-efficacy level can lead to autonomous learning. The result...

“The Mozart effect” originally referred to the phenomenon of a brief enhancement of spatial-temporal abilities in college students after listening to a Mozart piano sonata (K. 448). Over time, this term was conflated with an independent series of studies on the effects of music instruction. This occurrence has caused confusion that has been perpetuated in scholarly articles, such as the one by ...