Previewing questions alone did not appear to influence learners' listening comprehension performance¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? The previewing questions group was not able to perform better than the topic preparation and repetition groups, and its difference from the control group was not statistically significant. → Rouhi 2014

Evidence¶

Rouhi 2014¶

Rouhi, A., Nabavi, S.-M., & Mohebbi, H. (2014). The effects of previewing questions, repetition of input, and topic preparation on listening comprehension of Iranian EFL learners. Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2(2), 73-85. https://www.urmia.ac.ir/ijltr

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Findings for the previewing questions condition (n = 25) of the four-group classroom experiment: one hearing preceded by question preview. The article reports no statistically significant difference from the control group; equivalence was not tested.

"In the present study, the previewing questions group was not able to perform better than the topic preparation and repetition of input groups."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Oral Language — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Group differences on the main listening test were statistically significant overall (F = 17.13), with topic preparation and repetition outperforming control — related
• Repetition of input yielded higher scores than previewing questions, but the two supports did not differ significantly in this study — related
• Topic preparation produced the highest listening comprehension scores among the four treatment groups — related
• Group differences reached statistical significance on each of the three listening texts individually — related