The Effect of Partial Dictation on EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension Performance: The Case of Extroverted vs. Introverted Learners

This study aimed at investigating the effects of partial dictation on the extroverted and introverted EFL learners’ listening comprehension performance. Initially, ۱۲۶ female elementary learners were given a Key English Test (KET) and ۶۷ learners were selected based on the obtained standard deviation and the mean of the scores. Next, the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) was given to the ۶۷ selected learners to determine the extroverted and introverted learners. Following that, the extroverted and introverted participants were divided into two groups including one experimental and one control group. It should be noted that the ۶۷ selected learners were receiving English lessons in ۱۲ intact classes. Each six intact class were assigned randomly to one of the two groups. However, the selection of the initial ۱۲۶ learners was based on convenience sampling. It is also noteworthy that the remaining ۵۹ learners stayed with the rest of the participants in the intact classes and received both the treatment types and the pretest and posttest, however, their scores were not included in the data analysis. The scores of the listening section of KET used for homogeneity purposes were considered as listening pretest scores. For treatment in the experimental group, a part of what was the listening content was printed on the paper with some parts missing as blanks. The learners listened to the audio script and fill in the blanks. The control group in the current study followed the conventional teaching of listening in line with the syllabus of the institute. At the end of the treatment, which lasted for ۱۸ sessions, the learners were given a listening comprehension posttest. The results revealed that partial dictation significantly affected the listening comprehension performance of extroverted and introverted learners. It is recommended that EFL teachers

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Listening Comprehensio Performance ، Extroversion ، Introversion ، Partial Dictation ، EFL