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Orchestrating Strategy Use

Toward a Model of the Skilled Second Language Listener

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ID3207408
AuthorsLarry Vandergrift (University of Ottawa, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume53
Issue3
Pages463-496
Publication date2003-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9922.00232
OpenAlexW2056383189
LanguageEN
Citations received99
References cited24

This article reports on an investigation of listening strategy applications by grade 7 students learning French (N = 36). I examine the types of strategies used and the differences in strategy use by more skilled and less skilled listeners as revealed while these students listened to authentic texts in French. Think-aloud data were coded and analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Significant differences were found in the use of the category of metacognitive strategies as well as in individual strategies for comprehension monitoring, questioning for elaboration, and translation. These differences were reinforced by a qualitative analysis of representative protocols. The article concludes with a discussion of both an emerging model of the skilled listener and a pedagogic program for developing listening skills

Active listening · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Comprehension · Elaboration · Linguistics · Listening comprehension · Metacognition · Second language · Think aloud protocol · Communication · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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