Examination the critical listening skills of 8th grade students

The purpose of this research is to examine the level of the 8th grade students' critical listening skills . For this purpose , descriptive survey model was used research method in the study . The study group of the research consists of 101 8th grade students attending Hüseyin Özbuday Secondary School, Antakya Secondary School and Çekmece Secondary School in Antakya district of Hatay province in the 2020-2021 academic year . Simple random sampling method was used to determine the sample of the study. The Critical Listening Skills Assessment Tool and Personal Information Form developed by the researcher were used for the data of the study . The obtained data were analyzed by unrelated sample t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). According to the resuts of the research, the critical listening skills of 8th grade students were in favor of those who have a university degree according to the education level of the mother ; According to the number of books read annually , those who read more than 15 books per year; According to the Turkish course grade, those who have a Turkish grade of 5; According to the time spent in front of television, computer or tablet, a significant difference was determined in favor of those who spend 1-2 hours a day. However, no significant relationship was found between critical listening skills according to the educational status of the father and whether the students have their own rooms.KEYWORDS Turkish Program, Types of Listening, Listening, Critical Listening, Criticisim