Extensive Listening Class on ELT Students‘ Perspectives

Different language teaching experts have built a case in favour of extensive listening as an alternative approach that draws largely on the theoretical bases of and practical experiences from extensive reading. The current paper reports the experience of ELT students in Extensive Listening class in which they were supposed to find their own materials from the online media based on the broad topics given by the lecturer. This paper focuses on (1) students’ perceptions related to the activities and materials; (2) students’ problems during joining the lectures; (3) students’ interests; and (4) students’ view about the experience. The data were collected by using Likert-scale questionnaire. The students’ perceptions show that the pedagogical implementation is positive which leads to a discussion of a number of implications.