Tesis profesional presentada por Dana Lee Parkinson

Maestría en Lingüística Aplicada. Departamento de Lenguas. Escuela de Artes y Humanidades, Universidad de las Américas Puebla.

Jurado Calificador

Presidente: Mtra. Hiltrud Boege Schmidt
Secretario y Director: Dra. Connie Rae Johnson McDaniel
Vocal: Dr. Christopher John Hall Sim

Cholula, Puebla, México a 1 de mayo de 1997.

Table of content

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Introduction

  • 1.1 Overview
  • 1.2 Focus of Study
  • 1.3 At-riskness
  • 1.4 Strategies and Strategy Training
  • 1.5 The Importante of Lenguage Learning Strategies
  • 1.6 Second Semester EFL. Students at the UDLAP
  • 1.7 Review of Literature
  • 1.8 Language Learning Strategies
  • 1.9 Interview Procedure
  • 1.10 Studies in Strategies and Strategy Observation
  • 1.11 Classifying and Conceptualizing Language
  • 1.12 Learning Strategies
  • 1.13 Listening Strategies

Chapter 2. Methodology

  • 2.1 Purpose of Study
  • 2.2 Design - Method and Limitation of Method
  • 2.3 Subjects
  • 2.4 Materials
  • 2.5 Pilot Interviews
  • 2.6 Procedure
  • 2.7 Interviews
  • 2.8 Coding Data
  • 2.9 Coding Process

Chapter 3. Results

  • 3.1 Analysis
  • 3.2 Tabulation of Results
  • 3.3 Strategy Use Comparison
  • 3.4 Age Comparison
  • 3.5 Gender Comparison
  • 3.6 Listening Task Worksheet Scores

Chapter 4. Discussion

  • 4.1 Strategy Use Comparison
  • 4.2 Age Comparison
  • 4.3 Gender Comparison
  • 4.4 Types of Strategies Used
  • 4.5 Retrospective Look at Study
  • 4.6 Implication for Further Research
  • 4.7 Conclusion

References

Appendix A. sample pilot interviews

Appendix B. Strategy Categories Used in Study

Appendix C. Characteristics of an EFL At-risk Student 6

Appendix D. Information Questionnaire Used in Learning Strategies Training Program

Appendix E. Listening Task Worksheet and Typescript

Appendix F. Information Sheet given to subjects Before Interviews

Appendix G. Questions asked during Interviews With Students

Appendix H. Background Questionnaire given to Students before Interviews

Appendix I. List of Students Interviewed

Appendix J. Sample coding sheet

Appendix K. Example of coding sheet Transferred To computer

Appendix L. Instruction sheet given to coders

Appendix M. Questions given to subjects, reworded Into phrases

Appendix N. Comparison of strategy used / listening Task worksheet scores

Appendix O. Age comparison / listening task Worksheet scores

Appendix P. Gender comparison / listening task Worksheet scores

Appendix Q. Statistical comparisons / T - tests

Appendix R. Summary of results of Statical analysis

Parkinson, D. L. 1997. A Study of the Listening Comprehension Strategies Used by At-risk and Non-at-risk Second Semester EFL Students at the Universidad de las Americas Puebla. Tesis Maestría. Lingüística Aplicada. Departamento de Lenguas, Escuela de Artes y Humanidades, Universidad de las Américas Puebla. Mayo. Derechos Reservados © 1997.