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This study aims to investigate the relative effect of different types of pre-listening support on Korean junior high school students’ L2 listening comprehension test. The participants took listening comprehension tests under three different pre-listening support conditions: question preview group, vocabulary instruction group, and no support group. The results revealed that the scores of the question preview group were significantly higher than those of the vocabulary instruction group and no support group. The vocabulary instruction group scored the second highest, but the difference between the scores of the vocabulary instruction group and no support group was not statistically significant. It implies that question preview prior to listening can facilitate the learners’ L2 listening test performance, while vocabulary instruction may not be a particularly effective mean of improving their scores on tests of listening comprehension. Based on the students’ reports in the questionnaire, some implications for EFL listening comprehension test are discussed.