English Audio-books’ Partial Dictation on Listening Comprehension. Teaching English as a Second Language

      Аннотация: In each time zone of history of education listening was one the most important elements in English learning, in this book it is covered how much is the importance of listening in English as foreign language (EFL) context and its background in EFL. As this research mission is to take a closer look at listening problems and hassles which elf adult learners are dealing with at present time. One of the most annoying problems in this area is the confusion that homophone homograph and connected speeches make for learners in during of listening. According to Yihsiang Kuo (2010), the first and most problematic issue of listening difficulty is associated with the understanding of the spoken words (being unable to Digest known words or related sounds with words). In this investigation, it is tried to show if there is any relation between partial dictation and digesting of homophone homograph and connected speeches. Moreover, it tries to understand learner’s point of view toward Partial dictation effectiveness, however this research facing some limitation and delimitation in which are mentioned further.

Ключевые слова: Partial Dictation, English Audio-Book, listening comprehension, Homophone Confusion, connected speech