A Task-Based Personal Learning Environment for Developing the English Majors’ Listening Comprehension Skills | ||||
مجلة دراسات في المناهج وطرق التدريس | ||||
Article 5, Volume 207, Issue 207, January 2015, Page 1-40 PDF (753.14 K) | ||||
Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/mjat.2015.103465 | ||||
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Author | ||||
Mohammad Abu El-Magd Mohammad Abu El-Magd | ||||
کلية التربية بالإسماعية - جامعة قناة السوس | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Abstract The purpose of this research was to develop the English Language Listening Comprehension skills for the English Major’s freshmen at the Faculty of Education. The target Listening Comprehension Skills were: a) Basic Level Listening Comprehension Skills: (Guessing the meaning of unfamiliar words within the context of oral stories and song's spoken lyrics as well as Listening for gist in formal and informal conversations), b) High Level Listening Comprehension Skills: (Listening for implicit and explicit details in lectures as well as Listening for specifics from the weather reports and news reports). The participants were a group of 30 1st year Majors of English at Ismailia Faculty of Education in Suez Canal University (SCU). The research design was one group pre- and post-test quasiexperimental design. The measurement tool was a Listening Comprehension test developed by the researcher. The findings revealed that the proposed Task-Based Personal Learning Environment (TBPLE) module had a significant positive effect on developing the target Listening Comprehension skills of the English major’s freshmen. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Key Words: Task-Based Approach; TBA; Personal Learning Environment; PLE; Listening Comprehension; EFL Listening Skills; and Majors of | ||||
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