how to develop listening skills in efl adult learners to succeed in their oral communication

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HOW TO DEVELOP LISTENING
SKILLS IN EFL ADULT LEARNERS TO
SUCCEED IN THEIR ORAL
COMMUNICATION

Carla del Carmen Barreto-Guzmán
Lima, junio de 2017

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN
Maestría en Educación con Mención en Enseñanza de Inglés como Lengua
Extranjera

Barreto, C. (2017). How to Develop Listening Skills in EFL Adult Learners to Succeed in
Their Oral Communication (Tesis de maestría en Educación con Mención en Enseñanza
de Inglés como Lengua Extranjera). Universidad de Piura. Facultad de Ciencias de la
Educación. Lima, Perú.
HOW TO DEVELOP LISTENING SKILLS IN EFL ADULT LEARNERS TO SUCCEED IN THEIR ORAL
COMMUNICATION

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CARLA DEL CARMEN BARRETO GUZMÁN

HOW TO DEVELOP LISTENING SKILLS IN EFL ADULT
LEARNERS TO SUCCEED IN THEIR ORAL COMMUNICATION

UNIVERSIDAD DE PIURA
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN
LICENCIATURA EN CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN
MENCIÓN EN ENSEÑANZA DE INGLÉS
COMO LENGUA EXTRANJERA

2017

APPROVAL

The thesis titled HOW TO DEVELOP LISTENING SKILLS IN
EFL ADULT LEARNERS TO SUCCEED IN THEIR ORAL
COMMUNICATION presented by CARLA DEL CARMEN BARRETO
GUZMÁN in accordance with the requirements of being awarded the
Degree of Master in Education with Mention in Teaching English as a
Foreign Language, was approved by the Thesis Director Maria Esther
Linares and defended on ...................................... before a Jury with the
following members:

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President Secretary

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Informant

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Writing this thesis has devoted me endless time, having to spend
many hours to it. For this reason, I want to thank my family, my two
daughters for their patience, support, and their help in many ways.

Also, to my great friends who supported me with my duties in
order to have the time to finish this thesis.

To my tutor, Mg. Maria Esther Linares, who supported and guided
me during this period. She put a lot of pressure being very strict with her
corrections with the only target that was to succeed in my thesis. And
now I thank her because this made me read more and work harder to
become a better teacher and better student.

INDEX
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 1

CHAPTER I. INVESTIGATION OUTLINE ....................................... 3
1.1. Formulation of the Problem ............................................................ 3
1.2. Hypothesis .................................................................................... 5
1.2.1. General Hypothesis ................................................................ 5
1.2.2. Specific Hypothesis ............................................................... 5
1.3. Delimitations of the objectives ........................................................ 5
1.3.1. General Objective .................................................................. 5
1.3.2. Specific Objectives ............................................................... 6
1.4. Justification of the investigation ...................................................... 6
1.5. Limitations of the study ................................................................ 8
1.6. Antecedents of the investigation .................................................... 10

CHAPTER II. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ............................. 19
2.1. Background of the research............................................................ 19
2.2. Listening ........................................................................................ 22
2.2.1. Listening Skills ..................................................................... 23
2.2.2.1. Types of listening .................................................... 24
2.3. Listening Strategies ........................................................................ 28
2.4. Listening in English Language Teaching (ELT)............................ 29
2.4.1. Metacognitive Strategy ......................................................... 33
2.4.2. Cognitive Strategy ............................................................... 34
2.4.3. Socio Affective Strategy ....................................................... 34
2.5. Oral Communication ...................................................................... 34
2.5.1. Communication ................................................................... 34
2.5.2. Oral Communication ............................................................ 35
2.5.3. Effective Oral Communication ............................................. 36
CHAPTER III. METHODOLOGY OF THE INVESTIGATION ...39
3.1. Investigation Type ..........................................................................39
3.2. Design of the Investigation .............................................................39
3.3. Population and Study Sample ........................................................40
3.3.1. Universe ................................................................................40
3.3.2. Population .............................................................................40
3.3.3. Sample ...................................................................................40
3.4. Variables .........................................................................................40
3.4.1. Independent Variable ...........................................................40
3.4.2. Dependent Variable ...............................................................41
3.5. Techniques and Instruments for Gathering Data ............................42
3.5.1. Instruments for gathering data .............................................42
3.5.1.1. Characteristics of the Ethnography of the
sample group ...........................................................42
3.5.1.2. Characteristics of the Age and Gender of the
Sample Group .........................................................42
3.5.1.3. Characteristics of the Educational and L2
Learning ackground of the Sample Group. .............43
3.5.1.4. Material Used with the Sample Group ....................43
3.5.2. Description of instruments ....................................................44
3.5.2.1. Pre-Test ....................................................................44
3.5.3. Development of Listening Skills Procedures ........................45
3.5.4. Listening Techniques ............................................................46
3.5.4.1. Listening 1 ................................................................46
3.5.4.2. Listening 2 ...............................................................47
3.5.4.3. Listening 3 ...............................................................48
3.5.4.4. Listening 4 ...............................................................49
3.5.4.5. Post-test ...................................................................49
3.6. Reliability and Validity ..................................................................50
3.6.1. Reliability ..............................................................................50
3.6.2. Validity .................................................................................50
3.6.2.1. Internal Validity ......................................................50
3.6.2.2. External Validity ......................................................51
3.7. Procedures ......................................................................................51
3.7.1. Research Design ...................................................................51
3.7.2. Development of Activities ....................................................52