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Graham, Suzanne and Santos, Denise. (2012) Selective listening in L2 learners of French. Language Awareness . pp. 1-20. ISSN 0965-8416
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09658416.2011.652634
Abstract
This paper considers the issue raised in 2008 by Gillian Brown in her article ‘Selective listening’ regarding whether nouns are ‘privileged’ in memory over verbs during listening tasks, and whether attention to nouns, at least in the early stages of L2 learning, is a desirable strategy to be taught to learners, as Brown suggests it might be. The question of verb/noun recognition was explored in the present study using data from 30 lower-intermediate learners of French in England. Learners completed a listening task on two occasions, six months apart, producing recall protocols for short oral passages in French. We also explored learners’ attentional strategy use by asking them to report on this in writing immediately after the recall task. An analysis of verbs and nouns recognised indicated that verb recognition was lower than that of nouns, and that progress in verb recognition over six months was negligible. A qualitative analysis of learners’ strategy use indicated that learners with a more balanced verb/noun recognition profile took a broader focus, tending to focus their attention consciously at phrase/sentence level rather than at word level. These findings are discussed in terms of the development of listening skills over time, and the implications of this for L2 listening pedagogy.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education P Language and Literature > PB Modern European Languages |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Language Awareness |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISSN: | 0965-8416 |
| Date: | 28 May 2012 |
| Number of Pages: | 20 |
| Page Range: | pp. 1-20 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1080/09658416.2011.652634 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) |
| Grant number: | RES-000-23-0324 |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/48049 |
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