The effect of active listening training on listening comprehension, reading comprehension and vocabulary

In this research, the effect of active listening training given to the fourth grade students on students' listening comprehension, reading comprehension and their vocabulary is examined. The research was carried out at two public schools at the socio-economically middle level in the central district of Aydın province at the fall semester of 2012-2013 academic year. In the research, trial model with pre-test & post-test control group, one of the semi-experimental trial models, was used. In the research, "Listening Comprehension Test", "Reading Comprehension Test" and "Vocabulary Test", developed by the researcher were applied to experimental and control groups before the experimental practices. Active listening training having weekly two course hours had been given to the students in experimental group in the fall semester of 2012-2013 academic year for eight weeks. On the other hand, in the control group, materials comprising the content of active listening training had been used for eight weeks as weekly two course hours practices in which traditional active listening activities were done. In the research, the activities in the experimental group were carried out by the researcher while the activities in the control group were carried out by the classroom teachers. At the end of the practices, the tests introduced as pre-test were also used as post-test in order to assess the differences between groups. As the findings obtained from the research were examined, it was seen that active listening education positively contributed to the development of students' levels of listening comprehension, reading comprehension and vocabulary.iv Besides, the other result obtained from the research was that students' listening comprehension success was prerequisite for the development in their reading comprehension success and contributed to learning new vocabulary. KEYWORDS: Active Listening Training, Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary