Vocabulary Knowledge and Listening Performance in English Language Learning

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Author: Dongjing Han
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Han, Dongjing

Vocabulary Knowledge and Listening Performance in English Language Learning

Case Studies in China

by Dongjing Han (Author)

English Studies

Summary

The primary aim of this book is to enhance English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ listening proficiency and provide pedagogical implications for vocabulary and listening teaching practice. This book gives particular attention to mastery of aural vocabulary knowledge to enhancement of listening performance in Chinese context. It provides a comprehensive picture of the role of vocabulary acquisition approaches and strategy practice in listening performance.
This book evaluates the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and listening comprehension in English as a foreign language (EFL), which has not been sufficiently investigated empirically. In particular, it has an added focus on the use of aural vocabulary knowledge tests in detecting the role of vocabulary knowledge in listening comprehension. It highlights the role of vocabulary knowledge in determining listening success. Specifically, it draws scholars’ attention to the contributions of aural vocabulary knowledge to listening comprehension. The study also confirms the previous hypotheses of higher correlations between aural vocabulary size knowledge and listening comprehension. Pedagogically, it confirms the significance and necessity of improving both aural and written forms of vocabulary knowledge and focusing on strategy-embedded listening activities in EFL listening education. In this book, each chapter is dedicated to a specific theme in EFL learning and acquisition, providing a China case study dedicated to further development of EFL education.

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Cover
Title
Copyright
About the author
About the book
This eBook can be cited
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
The Scope of the Study
Organization of the Study
Chapter 2 Research Review
Vocabulary Knowledge and English Language Learning
Role of Vocabulary Knowledge in Listening Comprehension
Vocabulary Knowledge Incidental Acquisition and Intentional Learning
Dimensions of Vocabulary Knowledge
Vocabulary Knowledge Tests
Listening Comprehension
Nature of Listening Comprehension
Factors Affecting Listening Comprehension
Learning Strategies
Vocabulary Learning Strategies
Listening Strategies
Chapter 3 Research Methodology
Initial Research Design
Participants
Participants in the Quantitative Study
Research Design II
Participants in the Qualitative study
Research Design and Procedures
Instruments
Written Vocabulary Size Test
Written Vocabulary Depth Test
Listening Vocabulary Tests
TOEFL Listening Test
Questionnaire of Vocabulary Learning Strategies
Questionnaire of Listening Strategies
Semi-Structured Interviews
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Chapter 4 Results and Findings of the Pilot Study
Results of the Pilot Study
Correlation Analysis
Frequency of Learning Strategy Use
Correlation Analysis between Strategy Use and Learning Outcomes
Semi-Structured Interviews
Discussions of the Pilot Study (Research Design I)
Introduction of Research Design II
Findings in Research Design II of the Pilot Study
Summary of the Pilot Study
Limitations of the Pilot Study
Comparing Aural and Written Vocabulary Measures: A Supplementary Study
Major Revisions for the Design of the Main Study
Chapter 5 Main Study
Overview
Research Question One
Research Question Two
Research Question Three
Research Design I
Research Question One
Research Question Two
Research Question Three
Summary of Research Design I
Research Design II
Research Question One
Research Question Two
Research Question Three
Qualitative Study: Semi-Structured Interviews
Reports on the Employments of Listening Strategies
Reports on the Employment of Vocabulary Learning Strategies
Chapter 6 Discussion
Role of Vocabulary Knowledge in Listening Comprehension
Research Design I
Research Design II
Summary
Comparative Study of the Role of Vocabulary Knowledge in Listening Comprehension in High versus Low EFL Listeners
Role of Learning Strategies in Listening Comprehension
Meta-cognitive Strategies and Listening Comprehension
Learning Strategies and Listening Comprehension
Socio-Affective Strategies and Listening Comprehension
Qualitative Study: Semi-Structured Interviews
Chapter 7 Conclusion
Addressing Research Questions and Hypotheses
Theoretical Implications
Methodological Implications
Pedagogical Implications
Vocabulary Knowledge and English Language Learning
Learning Strategy-Embedded Listening Teaching
Limitations of the Study
Directions for Future Research

List of Tables

Table 2.1 Aspects of Vocabulary Knowledge Measured by Written and Aural Forms of VLT and WAT Based on Framework by Nation (2004, p. 27)

Table 2.2 Aspects of Vocabulary Knowledge Measured by Written and Listening Forms of VLT and WAT Based on Framework by Qian and Schedl (2004 000, p. 30)

Table 2.3 Variables Affecting Listening Comprehension

Table 2.4 Statistical Correlations of Affecting Variables to Listening Comprehension

Table 3.1 Description of Subject Groups in the Pilot and Main Study

Table 4.1 Mean, SD and Reliability Values of LC, DVK and VS in the Pilot Study (Research Design I)

Table 4.2 Inter-Correlations among Test Scores of LC, DVK and VS in the Pilot Study

Table 4.3 Reliability Coefficients of Questionnaires on Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Listening Strategies in the Pilot Study (Research Design I)

Table 4.4 MPS, Mean, SD of the Three Dimensions of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in the Pilot Study of Research Design I (N=57)

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Table 4.5 Means and SD of Listening Strategy Use in the Pilot Study (Research Design I)

Table 4.6 Pearson Correlations among VS, DVK, LC and Three Dimensions of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in the Pilot Study (Research Design I)

Table 4.7 Pearson Correlations among VS, DVK, LC and Listening Strategies in the Pilot Study (Research Design I)

Table 4.8 Reliability Coefficients of Aural Vocabulary Tests in the Pilot Study (Research Design II)

Table 4.9 Reliability Coefficients of VS (L), DVK (L) and LC in the Pilot Study (Research Design II) (N=34)

Table 4.10 Means and SD of LC, VS (L) and DVK (L) in the Pilot Study (Research Design II)

Table 4.11 Pearson Correlations of VS (L), DVK (L) and LC in the Pilot Study (Research Design II)

Table 4.12 MPS, Means and SD of Written and Listening Vocabulary Test (N=30)

Table 4.13 Reliability of Listening Vocabulary Test

Table 4.14 Correlations between Written and Listening Vocabulary Tests (N=30)

Table 4.15 Correlations between DVKL and DVKW (N=30)

Table 4.16 Linear Regression Analysis of Written and Listening Vocabulary Test (N=30)

Table 5.1 MPS, Means, SD and Reliability Coefficients of the LC, VS and DVK in the Main Study (Research Design I)

Table 5.2 MPS, Means and SD of the LC, DVK, VS, VS2,000, VS3,000, VS5,000 and VS10,000 in the Main Study (Research Design I)

Table 5.3 Pearson Correlations among Scores of LC, DVK, VS2000, VS3000, VS5000, VS10000 and VS in the Main Study (Research Design I)

Table 5.4 Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis of DVK, VS and LC in the Main Study (Research Design I)

Table 5.5 Pearson Correlations among Scores of LC, DVK and VS between EFL Learners with High and Low Listening Proficiencies in the Main Study (Research Design I)

Table 5.6 Multiple Regression Analysis among Scores on LC, DVK and VS between EFL Learners with High and Low Listening Proficiencies in the Main Study (Research Design I)

Table 5.7 Reliability Coefficients of Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Listening Strategies in the Main Study (Research Design I)

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Table 5.8 MPS, Means and SD on Different Categories of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in the Main Study (Research Design I)

Table 5.9 MPS, Means and SD on the Three Dimensions of Listening Strategies in the Main Study of Research Design I (N=181)

Table 5.10 MPS, Means and SD on the Two Dimensions of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in the Main Study (Research Design I)

Table 5.11 Frequencies of Difficulties Encountered in Listening Comprehension in the Main Study of (Research Design I)

Table 5.12 Inter-Correlations among 3 Dependent Variables of LC, VS, DVK and 24 Independent Variables of Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Listening Strategies in the Main Study (Research Design I)

Table 5.13 Classifications of Nine Entering Blocks in Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis in the Main Study (Research Design I)

Table 5.14 Multiple Regression Analysis of Vocabulary Learning Strategies: Predictors of LC in the Main Study (Research Design I)

Table 5.15 Multiple Regression Analysis of Vocabulary Learning Strategies (Over and Above Written Vocabulary Knowledge) in the Main Study (Research Design I)

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Pages: XXII, 154
Year: 2020
ISBN (PDF): 9781433170553
ISBN (ePUB): 9781433170560
ISBN (MOBI): 9781433170577
ISBN (Hardcover): 9781433163685
DOI: 10.3726/b15758
Language: English
Publication date: 2020 (September)
Published: New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Oxford, Wien, 2020. XXII, 154 pp., 5 b/w ill., 60 tables.

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Dongjing Han (Author)

Han Dongjing is a senior lecturer in the faculty of Business English at Shenzhen Polytechnic. She received her Doctor of Applied Language Sciences from Hong Kong Polytechnic and is currently pursuing her doctorate in education from the University of Hong Kong.

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