The Investigation of the effect of Teaching Listening through Language Laboratory Based Instruction on Students’ Motivation.

Abstract

This research paper investigates one of the most controversial and problematic subjects in the domain of English language teaching. It attempts to deal with an important skill in EFL classes, which is listening, using laboratory based instruction and its impact on second year students’ motivation at the University Centre of Mila. This paper consists of two chapters, the first one, is concerned with the literature review. It consists of three sections: the first section covers the background knowledge about the listening skill and comprehension, whereas the second section deals with the literature review and a detailed description of LL. However, the last section treats the factor of motivation, its types and role in SLA. The second chapter deals with data collection and analysis of the results gathered. The primary concern of the current study is to explore and examine the effectiveness of LL as a teaching aid in improving and developing students’ motivation to learn the listening skill; mainly, to explore the hypothesis of whether LL has an effect on students’ motivation. A questionnaire is given to second year LMD students and interview is conducted with listening teachers of Mila’s University Centre: Abdelhafid Boussouf. The results collected ,ultimately, confirmed the hypothesis