Gunma JALT:

Effects of Repetition on EFL Listening Comprehension: Development of a CALL System to Improve EFL Listening Comprehension Skills

Date: Sunday, February 22nd, 2004 Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Speaker: Yutaka Yamauchi

Description:
This presentation demonstrates a CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) system aimed at improving EFL listening comprehension (LC) skills and shows some results of the experiment on the effects of repetition on EFL/LC. This particular CALL system employs computer-based dictation and is designed to examine how effective it is for Japanese learners of English to repeatedly listen to the target English sentence spoken at normal speed. Yutaka YAMAUCHI is an associate professor of Tokyo International University and teaches English language and information science.

Organization: Gunma Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Gunma JALT)

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1,000 yen

Venue: Maebashi Koka Daigaku (MIT)

Location: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

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