Extensive vs. Repeated Listening

This study aims to 1) investigate which listening activities, either extensive or repeated listening, is more effective to improve L2 listening comprehension for Korean high school students, and 2) see if those listening activities affect students' L2 listening strategy use. Participated 120 high school students were divided into two groups, 63 students in the repeated group and 57 students in the extensive group. For nine weeks, both groups were provided each listening instruction for five minutes, four days a week besides the regular English classes. Extensi ve listening groups listened to the different listening materials every class in order to be exposed to various listening and get a global meaning, whereas repeated listening groups listened to the same materials for 8 classes repeatedly in order to fully understand in detail. After nine weeks, the post test was compared with the pre test by an analysis of variance (ANOVA) with repeated measures. As a result, the repeated groups outperformed the extensive groups in L2 listening comprehension test. In addition. both groups of students' affective strategy were raised significantly after the treatment.