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The present study investigated the effects of two kinds of input enhancement, namely input enhancement plus interaction (IEI) of references and input enhancement without interaction (IE) of references, on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ listening comprehension. To this end, forty-five intermediate EFL learners were randomly divided into three groups, two of which received different versions of the treatment and the other group received commonly run listening instruction. In IEI group, the audio dialogues were transcribed, different kinds of reference relations were typographically highlighted and the learners were encouraged to negotiate and sort out any ambiguities regarding locating anaphoric relations within listening comprehension tasks. The reference relations were presented using meta-talk approach. The IE group did the same except that no interaction was allowed. The control group followed their regular listening classes. All three groups received pre- and post listening comprehensions tests which were similar in format, content, length, and difficulty levels. Through independent t-tests and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), it was found that the IEI group outperformed the other two groups. Moreover, the IE group did a little better than the control group. Finally, this paper discusses how material writers and EFL teachers can integrate interactive input enhancement of references to facilitate EFL learners’ listening comprehension.

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The present study investigated the effects of two kinds of input enhancement, namely input enhancement plus interaction (IEI) of references and input enhancement without interaction (IE) of references, on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ listening comprehension. To this end, forty-five intermediate EFL learners were randomly divided into three groups, two of which received different versions of the treatment and the other group received commonly run listening instruction. In IEI group, the audio dialogues were transcribed, different kinds of reference relations were typographically highlighted and the learners were encouraged to negotiate and sort out any ambiguities regarding locating anaphoric relations within listening comprehension tasks. The reference relations were presented using meta-talk approach. The IE group did the same except that no interaction was allowed. The control group followed their regular listening classes. All three groups received pre- and post listening comprehensions tests which were similar in format, content, length, and difficulty levels. Through independent t-tests and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), it was found that the IEI group outperformed the other two groups. Moreover, the IE group did a little better than the control group. Finally, this paper discusses how material writers and EFL teachers can integrate interactive input enhancement of references to facilitate EFL learners’ listening comprehension.

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Salah Khezri (Iran) 4338
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