A Comparison Of The Listening Abilities Of Government Junior Secondary School Students With The Listening Level Required Of Them In Their Subject Areas

':!he ;:m:pose of this study is to find out the actual listeningrnability of the junior secondaJ:y school studentsin catparison withrntIle listening level required of them in understandinq- their subjectrnareas.rnA governr:ent jilllior secondary school vms selected for the study.rnFrom this school one grade seven section was selectee!. Grade sevenrnteachers Ioho teach key subjects were recorded while teadling. '!hernrecorded material served as a basis for ti1e listening ability test.rn'!he results sho;"eC! that the actual lis :ming ability of thernstudents was below the level expected of them by their teachers.rn'!hey were ~ in:rna) Understanding the general information,rnb) Understanding instructions,rnc) Transferring information, andrnd) Understa.'1ding the specific functions bf language .rnHo~ver, they I-.Orked ~ll in sorre ~ific lanrmaqe f illlctions,rndiscriiTIination of sounds, and 'yes/no' r;uestionsrnCcl t.l1e basis of the findinqs, it was reccrnrended that Enol 511rnand other subject teachers need traini.'1g in classr= language ifrnEnglish is to continue as a r:ediun of instruction. 'llie studentsrnalso need M intensive course (i."lmO'Ision) before they start gradernseven ~lith the er(~)hasis on T,ore courses lith tas.'

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