Listen and Draw: A Strategy to Improve English Listening Comprehension in the Primary-Secondary Transition
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The present study aimed to contribute to the field of research by evaluating the effectiveness of the Listen and Draw strategy as a pedagogical practice to improve listening skills in eighth-grade students at a public school in La Troncal, Cañar, Ecuador. A quantitative approach was used, with a pre-experimental pretest/posttest design in a single group. Thirty-six students, aged between 10 and 12 years, participated and were evaluated on their listening comprehension before and after the intervention. The eight-week intervention involved students listening to descriptive passages read aloud by the teacher, followed by transforming these descriptions into visual representations. The results showed a significant improvement in listening comprehension, reflected in the proportional increase in scores from the pretest to the posttest. Additionally, the study highlighted the cognitive benefits of integrating auditory and visual learning, particularly for students transitioning from primary to secondary education. The strategy proved to be flexible, practical, and effective in environments with limited internet resources, offering an engaging and sustainable approach to language teaching that complements traditional teaching methods.
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