INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF COGNITIVE VARIABLES IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION: APTITUDE AND METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS

Q1 Arts and Humanities

International Journal of Listening Pub Date : 2021-07-29 DOI:10.1080/10904018.2021.1954926

Sarah Sok, H. Shin

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ABSTRACT The influence of individual difference variables on second language (L2) listening comprehension has been an area of research that has been gaining renewed attention in recent years. The current study investigated the effects of two cognitive variables, aptitude and metacognitive awareness, on 107 native-Korean, English as a foreign language learners’ listening comprehension. Moreover, the study examined whether metacognitive awareness mediated the relationship between aptitude and L2 listening comprehension. Both aptitude and metacognitive awareness were found to have statistically significant positive correlations (r = .58 and .37, respectively) with L2 listening comprehension, and they were also significant predictors of L2 listening, collectively explaining 41% of the variance in L2 listening performance. Furthermore, metacognitive awareness mediated the relationship between aptitude and L2 listening comprehension. These findings suggest that cognitive learner variables play a significant and interdependent role in L2 listening comprehension.

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认知变量在第二语言学习者听力理解中的作用：能力倾向和元认知意识

个体差异变量对第二语言听力理解的影响是近年来重新受到关注的一个研究领域。本研究调查了两个认知变量，即能力倾向和元认知意识，对107名韩国母语英语学习者的听力理解的影响。此外，本研究还考察了元认知意识是否在能力倾向和二语听力理解之间起中介作用。研究发现，能力倾向和元认知意识与二语听力理解具有统计学意义的正相关（分别为.58和.37），它们也是二语听力的重要预测因素，共同解释了41%的二语听力表现差异。此外，元认知意识在能力倾向与二语听力理解之间起中介作用。这些发现表明，认知学习变量在二语听力理解中起着重要且相互依存的作用。

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International Journal of Listening Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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