The Impact of Listening Strategy Instruction on Listening Strategy Use

This paper explored the impact of listening strategy instruction on Iraqi EFL learners' listening strategy use. It is to be noted that just a few earlier studies have explored the use of these strategies to improve EFL learners' listening strategies. The main aim of this paper is to examine the effect of the listening strategy instruction on listening strategy use among Iraqi EFL learners and to determine which listening strategies are most developed. This study used an experimental design in which two groups of fourth-year students at the Department of English, College of Education, Al Hamdaniya University were randomly selected to participate in the study. A total of 60 participants were split into two groups: the experimental group (N=30) and the control group (N = 30); the former got explicit listening strategy instruction and the latter did not. For the purpose of gathering data, a listening strategy use questionnaire designed by Vandergrift (1992) was developed and employed. This instrument served as a pre- and post-test for both groups. According to the findings, it has been demonstrated that participants in the experimental group developed listening strategies than those in the control group and this indicates that listening strategy instruction has impact on EFL learners listening strategy use.