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Learner Strategies and Self-Efficacy: Making the Connection
Graham, Suzanne
Language Learning Journal, v35 n1 p81-93 Jun 2007
This article reports on part of a larger study of the impact of strategy training in listening on learners of French, aged 16 to 17. One aim of the project was to investigate whether such training might have a positive effect on the self-efficacy of learners, by helping them see the relationship between the strategies they employed and what they achieved. One group of learners, as well as receiving strategy training, also received detailed feedback on their listening strategy use and on the reflective diaries they were asked to keep, in order to draw their attention to the relationship between strategies and learning outcomes. Another group received strategy training without feedback or reflective diaries, while a comparison group received neither strategy training nor feedback. As a result of the training, there was some evidence that students who had received feedback had made the biggest gains in certain aspects of self-efficacy for listening; although their gains as compared to the non-feedback group were not as great as had been anticipated. Reasons for this are discussed. The article concludes by suggesting changes in how teachers approach listening comprehension that may improve learners' view of themselves as listeners. (Contains 4 tables and 6 notes.)
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Listening Comprehension, Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies, Diaries, French, Reflection, Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis, Self Concept, Second Language Instruction
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