Overview of listening education research: A meta-synthesis study

In this study, it is aimed to examine the studies in the field of listening education in terms of diverse variables. In line with the stated purpose, the method of the research was designed as a meta-synthesis technique, one of the qualitative research methods. In order to reach the documents to be examined in the investigation, "listening, listening training, listening skills, comprehension skills, cognition skill" were determined as keywords and studies up to 2021 were searched in the YÖK National Thesis Center, Google Academic and TR Index databases in the direction of these keywords. As a result of the scans, 315 studies were found in the CoHE National Thesis Center data source, 762 in the Google Academic data source and 663 studies in the TR Index data source. Due to the nature of the meta-synthesis, the limitations and inclusion criteria of the studies were determined and 95 studies were selected from the data sources. The 95 selected studies were given code numbers as Ç1, Ç2, Ç3 ...Ç95. The name of the studies, species information, methods, data collection tools, data analysis methods were included in the study with tables. The general views of the studies were revealed by interpreting the descriptive features obtained. In order for the studies to be synthesized in accordance with the method, the appearance of the keywords belonging to the studies were shown in tables and figures, the suggestions and results in the studies were grouped according to their topics and categorized as themes, and were examined under separate headings in the findings section. In the conclusion and discussion section, the results obtained from the findings were evaluated by blending them with identical and different studies in the literature. Based on the findings, for listening; It has been concluded that 184 keywords are used, the type of suggestions for practice is more than other types of suggestions, there are few academic studies, there are various fields of influence on listening education, there are various differences between views and approaches, listening education is not adequately represented in the curriculum, texts and activities are not adequately represented in the curriculum, there are differences in the sources of the problems, there are deficiencies in the use of strategies and methods.In addition, in accordance with the consequences obtained for listening, the standard of judgments about listening was revealed. Finally, based on the results of the study, various suggestions were made for researchers who will study the literature. Keywords: Listening, listening training, listening skills, comprehension skills, cognition skill.