چکیده:
The study tried to examine the possible effect of multimedia materials on augmenting listening
skills of girls in Meheaval higher secondary school, Karaj city. The next purpose was to detect
whether there is a meaningful relationship between students’ attitudes towards using multimedia
materials and teaching listening skills. The participants of this study were 60 second-year high
school (EFL famale students) in the second semester of 2016 academic year. The homogeneity
of the participants was ensured through application of the Oxford Placement Test (OPT, 2001).
The materials was comprised of students’ textbook and Listening Assisted Multimedia. Three
types of instruments which were utilized namely, listening comprehension pre-test, post-test,
and a listening assisted multimedia questionnaire. Independent samples t-tests and regression
coefficients were applied to determine whether there were significant inter and intra-group
differences. The results showed evidence that multimedia materials significantly enhanced EFL
learners’ listening achievement. It was also found that the attitude to the use of multimedia had
a statistically significant impact on explaining the changes in learners’ listening skill. Based
upon the findings of the study, it is recommended that the English instruction should be
integrated to the English instruction listening course.
خلاصه ماشینی:
According to [1] Mayer (2001), multimedia can provide multiple sources of stimuli as inputs for the students as well as help improve senses and the brain because it is attributed mainly to dual coding of the information presented in visual plus auditory which are the two different modalities leading to increased comprehension of the material during the class session, and improved retention of the material at later testing.
Furthermore, the present study attempted to evaluate students’ attitudes towards using multimedia materials in teaching listening skills.
As one of the most recent studies in the field of multimedia, [26] Ciğerci and Gultekin (2017) tried to determine the effect of digital stories on the Turkish listening skills of fourth grade students in a primary school.
Listening assisted multimedia questionnaire The main material of the study was the students’ textbook named English Book (2) for High School second year students by [28] Parviz Birjandi, Mehdi Norouzi, and Gholamhosein Mahmoudi, published in 2013.
Regression analysis of the effect of the attitude to the use of multimedia on listening skill {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} Discussion and Conclusion This study attempted to examine the impact of multimedia materials on Iranian EFL learners’ listening comprehension.
Similar to the present study which depicted a relatively strong relationship between the students’ attitude towards multimedia instruction and their listening achievement, Astleitner & Wiesner (2004) and [32] Yarbrough (2001) also suggested that student satisfaction and motivation is higher in courses that use multimedia materials than the traditional ones.