1. LOGO The effect of Different Types of Listening Support on the Listening performance of Elementary School Students- A Study of Chang-Shing Elementary School

2. LOGO Contents 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Research Questions 4. Results Method 5. Results and Conclusion

3. LOGO Introduction  The purpose of the present study aims to investigate the effects of different types of listening support on the listening performance of elementary school students.

4. LOGO Literature Review  “Repetition” is an important strategy in both learning and teaching English. It not only supplies more processing time for learners but also makes the relationship of syntactic forms clearer. Hatch (1993)

5. LOGO Literature Review  “Question preview” has positive effects on listening comprehension because it provides useful clues to guide learners in the right direction in the process of listening. (Buck, 1991; Cohen, 1984; Shohamy & Inbar, 1991)

6. LOGO Literature Review  One of the most obvious sources of listening difficulty for a learner of English is the way in which the “vocabularies” are pronounced and stated that listening difficulties originated from pronunciation. Rixon (1990)

7. LOGO Literature Review  A study conducted by Tsai (2005) investigated significantly positive correlations between 1.the subjects performances on the listening and reading vocabulary levels test 2. the listening vocabulary levels test and listening comprehension test 3. between the reading vocabulary levels test and listening comprehension test of college EFL Students.

8. LOGO Listening to the Story Preview Questions Vocabulary Teaching Read story with Teacher Listening to the Story Listening to the Story Answer questions Answer questions Answer questions Repeated listening Question preview Vocabulary instruction 12 3 Definition of the Three Types of Listening Support

9. Your site here LOGO Research Question Q1: Do different types of listening support affect elementary school students Q2: Does each type of listening support lead to the same effect on students of different English listening proficiency?

10. Your site here LOGO Research Question Q3: Does each type of listening support lead to the same effect for students of different gender? If the answer is no, then which type of support will be best for male or female students?

11. Your site here LOGO Research Question Q4:  Is students’ listening performance consistent with their feelings and evaluation regarding each type of listening support?

12. Methodology  Participants: 3 classes of sixth graders (83 students)  Place: Chang-Shing elementary school in Ping- Tung County.  Level of English proficiency: about 2 years of school English learning experience.  Teaching Materials: Level 2 of EASY-TO-READ series.  Pretest tool: San Sai Tang(Children’s English listening proficiency test, levels 3-4)

13. Test tool

15. Methodology

17. LOGO Results and Conclusion Q1: Do different types of listening support affect elementary school students? Repeated listening Question Review Vocabulary Instruction

19. LOGO Results and Conclusion Q2: Does each type of listening support lead to the same effect on students of different English listening proficiency? Repeated listening Question Review Vocabulary Instruction

21. LOGO Results and Conclusion Q3: Does each type of listening support lead to the same effect for students of different gender? If the answer is no, then which type of support will be best for male or female students? Question Preview works for male and female student.

22. LOGO Results and Conclusion Q4: Is students’ listening performance consistent with their feelings and evaluation regarding each type of listening support? Question Preview was the most helpful listening support among the three supports. Although students thought the vocabulary instruction was very helpful, they didn’t do better when using the method. Score: Question Preview > Repeated listening > vocabulary instruction

23. Vocabulary instruction Repeated Listening Question Preview Conclusion  No matter what the level/gender/feelings of the students are, they all benefited most from the Question Preview method.

24. LOGO Thank You! By Andy Huang 9722603