Investigating the Employment of Metacognitive Strategies in Listening Comprehension among Non-Iranian Language Learners
Applying metacognitive strategies leads to better listening comprehension and optimal use of learners’ other cognitive skills. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the metacognitive strategies that non-Iranian Persian learners employ to comprehend oral texts and whether gender and moth...
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| description | Applying metacognitive strategies leads to better listening comprehension and optimal use of learners’ other cognitive skills. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the metacognitive strategies that non-Iranian Persian learners employ to comprehend oral texts and whether gender and mother tongue have any effect on it. This research is a field study in which after calculating the item reliability of the questionnaire, data were collected quantitatively through Metacognitive Awareness Listening Questionnaire (MALQ) developed by Vandergrift, Mareschal, and Tafaghodtari (2006). One hundred nineteen adult Persian learners from eight countries participated in this study. Data analysis indicated that non-Iranian Persian learners use problem-solving, direct attention, planning-evaluation, personal knowledge, and mental translation strategies respectively. Furthermore, the findings showed that male Persian learners employ metacognitive strategies more than female learners, even though this difference was not very significant, and that mother tongue has no effect on the use of these strategies. Research findings will help Persian language teachers to take into consideration each group of learners’ preferences and extent of their use, as well as variables such as gender and nationality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8faa934ea6d843c18cefed17ee56165b2024-03-19T22:27:48ZengUniversity of TabrizJournal of English Language Teaching and Learning2251-79952676-68762021-11-01132826127710.22034/elt.2021.48515.245514013Investigating the Employment of Metacognitive Strategies in Listening Comprehension among Non-Iranian Language LearnersAmirreza Vakilifard0Ahmad Abedini1Department of Persian Language Teaching, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.Department of Persian Language Teaching, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.Applying metacognitive strategies leads to better listening comprehension and optimal use of learners’ other cognitive skills. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the metacognitive strategies that non-Iranian Persian learners employ to comprehend oral texts and whether gender and mother tongue have any effect on it. This research is a field study in which after calculating the item reliability of the questionnaire, data were collected quantitatively through Metacognitive Awareness Listening Questionnaire (MALQ) developed by Vandergrift, Mareschal, and Tafaghodtari (2006). One hundred nineteen adult Persian learners from eight countries participated in this study. Data analysis indicated that non-Iranian Persian learners use problem-solving, direct attention, planning-evaluation, personal knowledge, and mental translation strategies respectively. Furthermore, the findings showed that male Persian learners employ metacognitive strategies more than female learners, even though this difference was not very significant, and that mother tongue has no effect on the use of these strategies. Research findings will help Persian language teachers to take into consideration each group of learners’ preferences and extent of their use, as well as variables such as gender and nationality.https://elt.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_14013_a38cb82b3a0c273fd1e72d1eb17404df.pdfmetacognitive strategieslearning strategieslistening comprehensionpersian language learnerpersian language teaching |
| spellingShingle | Amirreza Vakilifard Ahmad Abedini Investigating the Employment of Metacognitive Strategies in Listening Comprehension among Non-Iranian Language Learners Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning metacognitive strategies learning strategies listening comprehension persian language learner persian language teaching |
| title | Investigating the Employment of Metacognitive Strategies in Listening Comprehension among Non-Iranian Language Learners |
| title_full | Investigating the Employment of Metacognitive Strategies in Listening Comprehension among Non-Iranian Language Learners |
| title_fullStr | Investigating the Employment of Metacognitive Strategies in Listening Comprehension among Non-Iranian Language Learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the Employment of Metacognitive Strategies in Listening Comprehension among Non-Iranian Language Learners |
| title_short | Investigating the Employment of Metacognitive Strategies in Listening Comprehension among Non-Iranian Language Learners |
| title_sort | investigating the employment of metacognitive strategies in listening comprehension among non iranian language learners |
| topic | metacognitive strategies learning strategies listening comprehension persian language learner persian language teaching |
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