This study investigated the effect of genre consciousness-raising activities on listening comprehension performance of Iranian EFL learners across language proficiency levels. To this end, some genre consciousness-raising tasks were adapted from Flowerdew (1993) and used as the treatment procedures. Two different listening comprehension tests of news broadcast genre, used as pre- and post-test, were administered to 120 senior university students majoring in English language translation. The results indicated that consciousness-raising tasks significantly affected EFL learners' listening comprehension performance. However, the effect of genre consciousness-raising tasks did not vary across different language proficiency levels. Overall, the findings provide empirical support for the facilitative effect of genre consciousness-raising tasks on listening comprehension performance of EFL learners. The findings may promise implications for EFL listening comprehension syllabuses and provide guidelines to designers to accommodate the insights derived from the genre-based instruction perspective.
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ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION LITERATURE REVIEW OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY METHOD Participants Instrumentation Procedures RESULTS DISCUSSION CONCLUSION THE AUTHORS REFERENCES APPENDICES
The goals of Asia TEFL are to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with the teaching and learning of English in Asia. In order to accomplish this, Asia TEFL will pursue the following goals:
1. To link ELT professionals in joint research on issues and concerns regarding English teaching and learning in the Asian context.
2. To publish an academic journal, The Asia TEFL Journal, as an internationally recognized journal in the field of English language teaching.
3. To host conferences and seminars addressing important issues concerning ELT in Asia.
4. To develop proficiency guidelines and assessment methods designed for the needs of the Asian context.
5. To develop programs for Asian learners and teachers of English to build their English language proficiency and cultural understanding and provide them with the skills required to be efficient English teaching professionals.