Koceva, Ana and Jankova Alagjozovska, Natka and Jovanovska, Sashka and Serafimovska, Simona (2024) Regional varieties of English & listening comprehension skills of EFL university students. Conference proceedings: Bursa 3rd International conference on humanity and social sciences..
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Abstract
Learning a foreign language requires acquiring the skills of speaking, listening, reading and
writing. Therefore, we focused our research on the listening skill and its representation in
textbooks used at secondary schools in North Macedonia, specifically in relation to the two
main regional varieties of English: British English and American English. We applied a
qualitative analysis on the officially assigned EFL textbooks in secondary schools; and a
quantitative analysis on a questionnaire distributed among university students of English
language at the Faculty of Philology in Stip, North Macedonia. The questionnaire was
anonymous and included listening comprehension tasks with multiple choice, which were
partly in American English and partly in British English. The data from the questionnaire
showed that a small number of errors occurred in all three listening tasks, and surprisingly the
errors for the activities in American English and British English are very close in number. Our
paper offers an insight into the abilities of the university students of English language at the
Goce Delcev University and offers a short review on the materials used in secondary education;
all in relation to the skill of listening as one of the essential skills in language learning.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Humanities > Languages and literature |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Philology |
| Depositing User: | Ana Koceva |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Oct 2024 11:23 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 11:23 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/34916 |
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