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A Comparative Study Using Illustrations, Brainstorming, and Questions as Advance Organizers in Intermediate College German Conversation Classes
Author(s) -
TEICHERT HERMAN U.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1996.tb05473.x
Subject(s) - conversation , german , brainstorming , active listening , vocabulary , listening comprehension , psychology , comprehension , mathematics education , linguistics , pedagogy , computer science , communication , artificial intelligence , philosophy
This research compared student performance in listening comprehension when three advance organizers plus video were used as opposed to when neither advance organizers nor video‐ and audiotapes were used. The participants were 50 English‐speaking college students enrolled in three sections of intermediate German conversation. All three sections used print materials as the primary source for conversation topics, small group activities, and vocabulary development. Students in the experimental group used illustrations, brainstorming, and questions as advance organizers plus audio‐ and videotapes to gain access to the topic and to interact with each other. Findings indicated that students in the experimental group developed superior listening skills. These results may be interpreted as evidence that multiple advance organizers plus audio and video can enhance listening comprehension at the intermediate level of German.