GROUP DISCUSSION IN DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS' LISTENING SKILLS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Аннотация

Annotation. The researchers wanted to examine what problems students faced while
learning to listen in a group conversation and which aspect of listening worked better than the
other. A questionnaire, a pre-test, and a post-test were used to collect information. Students'
answers for macro and micro-skills were interpreted, averaged, and compared using pre- and post-
test data. Students experienced five major concerns, according to the findings: talking about
something else while talking about something else, not contributing, dominating buddy, group-
mate, and willingness to lead a debate. When it comes to listening abilities, the children performed
better in macro-skills than micro-skills. Finally, due of the existence of schemata in the top-down
process, the imperfect condition of argument might cause issues in discussion, and macro-skills
can perform better.