Essay - Esl/efl There Have Been a Wide Variety and a Great...

ESL/EFL

There have been a wide variety and a great number of completed studies that have tested the effects ***** good listening skills versus impaired listening skills especially in regard to the effects on the students with either status and their learning to speak English as a sec*****d language. Listening skills in particular, ***** shown ***** some of these *****, seems to have an effect on these students especially if such skills are ***** enh*****ced, or ***** other fact*****s that help to either develop or retard the individual's listening ***** ***** also has an overall effect on impaired. If the skills are considered in the normal range, then the *****s ***** negligible, but there are a number the student's ********** to learn quickly.

***** learning a second language commonly confront insurmountable obstacles in ***** language acquisition process, due to the ineffectiveness of traditional, grammar-first methods." (Catton 2005) ***** was studying the Holistic Model as a model that considers the entire individual, or the whole person, by integrating mind, body, emotions, including but certainly not limited to the listening skills of the individual.

***** skills are the ***** ********** by an *****, especially in ***** to his or her own l*****guage acquisition ***** learning. These skills can be taught while at ***** same time is a natural occurrence for most individuals in regards to their own learning of the native language. At ***** same time, when ***** are attempting to learn a second language they may have to practice or even re-***** the l*****tening skills necessary to acquire that second language.

According to some experts, students who are *****, and ***** implement and practice sound listening ***** are more likely ***** have a much easier ***** acquiring a second *****, no matter what language it is that *****y are attempting to acquire. Audi*****ry skills can be taught in a variety of ways, including the use ***** phonics ***** audio cards ***** show symbols ***** different sounds. One study showed that students with visual impairments were quicker learners (of a ***** l*****nguage) than many of their peers ***** to their superior auditory focus.

***** students with ***** impairments need auditory materials in order to access **********, listening comprehension skills ***** important to ***** academic success. The present study investigated the effectiveness of summarization-based cumulative retelling strategy on ***** listening comprehension ***** four visually impaired college students. Findings suggest that the instructional procedures led ***** increased listening *****." (Tuncer 2006 pg 353)

Tuncer's instructional procedures included a multiple-investigation design across all subjects and was based on the retelling of different readings to ***** ***** who then ***** asked to recall various details ***** the *****. Results ***** that the students became more proficient with each retelling, ********** that t*****e listening skills were becoming more refined, at least in regards to these particular readings. Such results would seem to imply that ********** only did the student's comprehension levels rise with each retelling, their listening ***** also grew stronger due to the information being given