Extensive listening to enhance students speaking and vocabulary

Abstract

Abstract: Extensive listening is an approach that gives to the students the opportunity to select the listening material of their preference, so they feel motivated, work at their own pace, and have a better comprehensible input. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the effect of using extensive listening to enhance students speaking and vocabulary. The sample chosen in this study consisted of 16 students that belong to the tenth grade of a fiscomisional high school from the city of Loja. This research used a mixed-method with qualitative and quantitative data. Hence, the qualitative method was employed to find out students perceptions of extensive listening. On the other hand, the quantitative process was necessary to tabulate the results gathered from a placement test, pre and post-tests, an interview and students' survey. In terms of findings, this study revealed that the use of extensive listening had a positive effect on improving vocabulary, but it was not useful to enhance students speaking skills.