THE EFFECT OF PROVIDING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE AND PREVIEWING QUESTIONS ON IMPROVING LISTENING COMPREHENSION EFL LEARNERS

This study investigated the effects of two kinds of advance organizers: previewing questions and providing background knowledge on listening comprehension of EFL learners. 60 advanced EFL learners were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups and listened to eight listening conversations. Before listening to each conversation, one group previewed questions, a second group was provided with necessary background knowledge about each conversation, and a third group received both the previewed the background knowledge treatments. The fourth group listened to the conversations without any pre-listening assistance. Multiple-choice posttests results revealed positive effects of previewing questions, providing background knowledge, and combined treatments.