A Brief
Experiment
Time : 30m
Pages : 23
Thesis statement
: - Remedios (2008, p.16) gives this warning:
“Tutors must also be cautious in judging silence as non-collaborative or of
speaking as demonstrating the skills of collaboration.”
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Devine (1967) says: “The importance of listening
in communication has long
been recognized.
Although listening is seldom taught in the schools...”
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So the comprehensible input should be clearly
and interestingly
presented for
good language output (Stephen D. Krashen, 1981)
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If language acquisition has to succeed in boys
and girls, then the anxiety should be at zero level. If the student has high
self-esteem and low anxiety, then the learner is free from stress. (Stephen D.
Krashen, 1981)
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Salovey and Mayer (1990) have shown that the EI
developed with increasing age and experience.
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Goleman (1995) found that the signs of EI appear
among very young children.
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Goleman (1996) has also stated that emotional
intelligence increases with age and it 11 be learned, cultivated and increased
in adulthood.
Research Questions : Do Boys Listen Better Than Girls?
A Brief Experiment
Methodology : -
Listening Skill Activities
- Test - Content
and Pattern
Findings : - The results of this qualitative research
strongly suggest that in all the grades and groups, boys performed much better
than girls in the Listening Skill tests.
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The results suggest that this can be true
because boys find game-like tests and activities motivational and challenging.
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Boys seem to thrive in a highly competitive
environment. They showed great enthusiasm when they were given a challenging
task in a competitive atmosphere.
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Girls were encouraged to watch and listen to
video and audio clips on different topics ranging from sports to science to
gain background knowledge, so that they can do better in their listening tasks.
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Conclusion : - More awareness for
teachers on cognitive, meta-cognitive and socio affective strategies for strategy
instruction can be another area of further study. Patterns can be observed to find
out the different strategy use required for boys and girls to develop their
listening skills. This can be an important study to foster language acquisition
and soft skills. Nevertheless, this study is limited to a small rural
population with its own limitations caused by socio-economic constrains.
Further investigation in other schools with various ethno-linguistic student
populations is necessary to authenticate the reasons for different levels of
listening capabilities among girls and boys, and by course level too.
Opinion/vocabulary expression learned : Teachers will know
how to teach
different
listening and learner strategy use for a more effective teaching-learning
process. This will
result in both boys and girls performing better in the Board
examinations.
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