An Analysis of Listening Task Types in Middle School English Activity Books
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This study classified types of listening tasks in level-differentiated middle school English activity books in order to examine whether English activity books were properly performing their role in facilitating level-differentiated learning. A total of fifteen activity books (i.e., five different series from grade 1 to grade 3) were analyzed with regard to task type distribution in proficiency levels and grade levels. Although task types used in proficiency levels were somewhat different, they bore similarity in frequent uses of answering tasks and in rare uses of problem-solving, (re)ordering, and classifying tasks. Kendall's W and Spearman's rho were employed to identify statistical concordance and correlation of listening task type distributions. The result showed that the task types in different proficiency levels were, in fact, not significantly different from one another. Moreover, low and intermediate level books employed similar task types throughout middle school years which could lose students' interest.
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This study classified types of listening tasks in level-differentiated middle school English activity books in order to examine whether English activity books were properly performing their role in facilitating level-differentiated learning. A total of fifteen activity books (i.e., five different series from grade 1 to grade 3) were analyzed with regard to task type distribution in proficiency levels and grade levels. Although task types used in proficiency levels were somewhat different, they bore similarity in frequent uses of answering tasks and in rare uses of problem-solving, (re)ordering, and classifying tasks. Kendall's W and Spearman's rho were employed to identify statistical concordance and correlation of listening task type distributions. The result showed that the task types in different proficiency levels were, in fact, not significantly different from one another. Moreover, low and intermediate level books employed similar task types throughout middle school years which could lose students' interest.
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