The Effect of Metadiscourse on EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension

Abstract

[...]the participants were randomly assigned into four groups. [...]to make the number of each group equal, the researchers included 30 students in each group. [...]in order to make sure that the difference between the mean scores is not significant and the two intermediate and the two advanced groups are the same with regard to the construct tested, the researchers used an independent t-test. Both studies highlight the significant role of meta-discourse on the EFL skills such as writing and listening comprehension. [...]Dastjerdi and Shirzad (2010) indicated that intermediate EFL learners could improve their writing ability more significantly than those at the elementary and advanced levels when they learned the metadiscourse markers explicitly. In this study, the researchers found that if intermediate EFL learners become consciously aware of the role of meta-discourse makers in their listening comprehension, their performance can improve their listening ability more significantly than when they are not aware of them. [...]both studies emphasize the explicit teaching or awareness of metadiscourse-markers can help intermiduate EFL learners to improve not only their writing ability but also their listening comprehension ability.