Research Article

The Effect of Note-Taking Strategy on Listening Comprehension Skill

Volume: 1 Number: 2 December 30, 2024
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The Effect of Note-Taking Strategy on Listening Comprehension Skill

Abstract

Comprehension of audio texts is quite challenging given the varieties of texts, speaker qualities, listener proficiencies and the features of spoken texts. One of the features of spoken texts is the retention of information. Taking notes has been suggested to overcome this challenge in the literature. A quasi-experimental study was conducted on two intact high school groups to see the effect of a note-taking strategy on high school. One group was allocated to an experimental group and the other to the control group. The studies lasted for eight weeks. Mid-term exams are functioned as pre-tests. Final exams served as post-test exams. Descriptive and inferential statistics and content analysis showed that students’ listening performance did not improve, as indicated by the insignificant differences between the groups. It was discussed that the reason behind this finding lay in the deficiency of knowledge and note-taking skills since students were observed to write the words as they were spoken, which did not help them solve the comprehension questions in the listening tests. Some educational and research suggestions were also presented based on the research findings.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

December 9, 2024

Publication Date

December 30, 2024

Submission Date

August 17, 2024

Acceptance Date

November 5, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 1 Number: 2

APA
Gökmen, M. F., Çevik, E., & Bal, S. (2024). The Effect of Note-Taking Strategy on Listening Comprehension Skill. Sinop Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 1(2), 227-239. https://izlik.org/JA86ZB53RC

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