The Effectiveness Of Utilizing ESL. Lab Listening Website On Developing Listening Comprehension Skills Among Secondary School Students

Abstract

This study aimed to discover the effectiveness of utilizing ESL. lab listening website on the development of listening comprehension skills among secondary school students in Oyoun Aljewa Secondary School, Al-Qassim region. Furthermore, the study aimed to find out whether there is a significant difference in the test scores of listening comprehension skills of the pre-test and post-test of the experimental group and control group. The experimental quantitative method in a quasi-experimental design was used in collecting data through the application of pre and post-tests through Cambridge English test (KET) that was given to two groups. This study measured only two sub-skills of listening comprehension, namely: listening for main ideas and listening for details. The data obtained from the study analyzed through Paired sample t-test and independent sample T-test. The results showed that there are differences between the two groups in the post test for the favor of experimental group in the listening comprehension skills. The study recommended that teachers should use this website for teaching to develop other English language skills.