Listening is one of the five inborn senses of human beings and it is a normal and frequent skill ... more Listening is one of the five inborn senses of human beings and it is a normal and frequent skill in our daily life. Nevertheless, numerous English majors at academic institutions in Vietnam face problems in listening comprehension. Therefore, the goal of this study is to find solutions to improve English listening comprehension for English majors through the use of audiobooks. The main objectives are to build up a procedure for employing ready-made audiobooks, to evaluate the influence of audiobooks on English majors’ listening comprehension, and to collect feedback from students regarding the benefits and drawbacks of audiobooks as well as possible solutions to promote the use of audiobooks. The quasi-experimental research design was used with two surveys (before and after the experiment). Twenty first-year English majors volunteered to take part in the research with half of them placed in the experimental group (audiobook group) and the rest were put into the control group (non-au...
In our recent paper (Grossman and Lai, 2004), we studied the incentives that govern- ments have t... more In our recent paper (Grossman and Lai, 2004), we studied the incentives that govern- ments have to protect intellectual property in a trading world economy. We considered a world economy with ongoing innovation in two (or more) countries that differ in market size and in their capacity for innovation. In Section IV, we compared the strength of patent protection in
International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2018
Listening is one of the five inborn senses of human beings and it is a normal and frequent skill ... more Listening is one of the five inborn senses of human beings and it is a normal and frequent skill in our daily life. Nevertheless, numerous English majors at academic institutions in Vietnam face problems in listening comprehension. Therefore, the goal of this study is to find solutions to improve English listening comprehension for English majors through the use of audiobooks. The main objectives are to build up a procedure for employing ready-made audiobooks, to evaluate the influence of audiobooks on English majors' listening comprehension, and to collect feedback from students regarding the benefits and drawbacks of audiobooks as well as possible solutions to promote the use of audiobooks. The quasi-experimental research design was used with two surveys (before and after the experiment). Twenty first-year English majors volunteered to take part in the research with half of them placed in the experimental group (audiobook group) and the rest were put into the control group (non-audiobook group). All of the twenty participants were required to respond to a pre-questionnaire and take a listening pre-test and post-test while only the experimental group answered the feedback questionnaire. The research results reveal that utilizing audiobooks can result in significant improvements in listening comprehension among English majors. In addition, feedback from the learners was quite positive. Finally, the research has made some suggestions for minimizing the shortcomings of using audiobooks and enhance the potential of this method in improving listening comprehension for English majors.
Listening is one of the five inborn senses of human beings and it is a normal and frequent skill ... more Listening is one of the five inborn senses of human beings and it is a normal and frequent skill in our daily life. Nevertheless, numerous English majors at academic institutions in Vietnam face problems in listening comprehension. Therefore, the goal of this study is to find solutions to improve English listening comprehension for English majors through the use of audiobooks. The main objectives are to build up a procedure for employing ready-made audiobooks, to evaluate the influence of audiobooks on English majors’ listening comprehension, and to collect feedback from students regarding the benefits and drawbacks of audiobooks as well as possible solutions to promote the use of audiobooks. The quasi-experimental research design was used with two surveys (before and after the experiment). Twenty first-year English majors volunteered to take part in the research with half of them placed in the experimental group (audiobook group) and the rest were put into the control group (non-au...
In our recent paper (Grossman and Lai, 2004), we studied the incentives that govern- ments have t... more In our recent paper (Grossman and Lai, 2004), we studied the incentives that govern- ments have to protect intellectual property in a trading world economy. We considered a world economy with ongoing innovation in two (or more) countries that differ in market size and in their capacity for innovation. In Section IV, we compared the strength of patent protection in
International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2018
Listening is one of the five inborn senses of human beings and it is a normal and frequent skill ... more Listening is one of the five inborn senses of human beings and it is a normal and frequent skill in our daily life. Nevertheless, numerous English majors at academic institutions in Vietnam face problems in listening comprehension. Therefore, the goal of this study is to find solutions to improve English listening comprehension for English majors through the use of audiobooks. The main objectives are to build up a procedure for employing ready-made audiobooks, to evaluate the influence of audiobooks on English majors' listening comprehension, and to collect feedback from students regarding the benefits and drawbacks of audiobooks as well as possible solutions to promote the use of audiobooks. The quasi-experimental research design was used with two surveys (before and after the experiment). Twenty first-year English majors volunteered to take part in the research with half of them placed in the experimental group (audiobook group) and the rest were put into the control group (non-audiobook group). All of the twenty participants were required to respond to a pre-questionnaire and take a listening pre-test and post-test while only the experimental group answered the feedback questionnaire. The research results reveal that utilizing audiobooks can result in significant improvements in listening comprehension among English majors. In addition, feedback from the learners was quite positive. Finally, the research has made some suggestions for minimizing the shortcomings of using audiobooks and enhance the potential of this method in improving listening comprehension for English majors.
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