The Effect of Pre-Listening Activities on Listening Comprehension of EFL Learners

In many language classrooms, teaching listening receives the least attention. In the current digital era, listening comprehension is essential for both effective learning and communication. According to studies, pre-listening activities can have a substantial impact on the development of listening comprehension abilities in EFL learners. This article examines the impact of pre-listening activities on listening comprehension. For this quantitative study, 20 students with the same proficiency level were randomly selected from a population of 40 female high school students in Zabol. Random sampling was used in the study. Students in both experimental and control groups participated in a listening pre-test. Over the course of twelve sessions, the control group received no pre-listening activities as part of the instruction, while the experimental group received pre-listening activities as part of the instruction. During the treatment period, both groups were administered a listening post-test. A paired samples t-test was used to assess if there was a statistically significant difference between the participants' pre-and post-test means. The data and conclusions were analyzed using SPSS version 27.0 software for this purpose. The study's findings, which show that the learning processes of the experimental and control groups were significantly different, imply that the treatment was effective.

The Effect of Pre-Listening Activities on Listening Comprehension of EFL Learners Keywords:

Pre-listening Activities , Listening Comprehension