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Graham, Suzanne, Santos, Denise and Vanderplank, Robert. (2010) Strategy clusters and sources of knowledge in French L2 listening comprehension. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, Vol.4 (No.1). pp. 1-20. ISSN 1750-1229
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17501220802385866
Abstract
This article reports on an exploratory investigation into the listening strategies of lower-intermediate learners of French as an L2, including the sources of knowledge they employed in order to comprehend spoken French. Data from 14 learners were analysed to investigate whether employment of strategies in general and sources of knowledge in particular varied according to the underlying linguistic knowledge of the student. While low linguistic knowledge learners were less likely to deploy effectively certain strategies or strategy clusters, high linguistic knowledge levels were not always associated with effective strategy use. Similarly, while there was an association between linguistic knowledge and learners’ ability to draw on more than one source of knowledge in a facilitative manner, there was also evidence that learners tended to over-rely on linguistic knowledge where other sources, such as world knowledge, would have proved facilitative. We conclude by arguing for a fresh approach to listening pedagogy and research, including strategy instruction, bottom-up skill development and a consideration of the role of linguistic knowledge in strategy use.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PB Modern European Languages |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISSN: | 1750-1229 |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Volume: | Vol.4 |
| Number: | No.1 |
| Number of Pages: | 20 |
| Page Range: | pp. 1-20 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1080/17501220802385866 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/48057 |
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