THE EFFECT OF MAP VISUALIZATION STRATEGY ON LISTENING COMPREHENSION OF B2 EFL STUDENTS
Keywords:
Map visualization strategy, listening comprehension, B2 EFL students, strategy based instruction, direction based listening tasks, cognitive load, route drawing activities, spatial language, quasi experimental design, visual symbolic mappingAbstract
This study investigated the effect of map visualization strategy on listening
comprehension of B2 level English as a Foreign Language students. A quasi
experimental research design was employed to compare traditional listening
instruction with a strategy based approach incorporating prediction, directional symbol
recognition, and route drawing activities. The participants consisted of nine students
divided into a control group and an experimental group, all selected from the same
educational context with similar language proficiency levels. Data were collected
through map based listening tasks, including audio recordings with directions, printed
maps, visual symbols, and route drawing exercises. The results demonstrated that the
experimental group significantly outperformed the control group in comprehension
accuracy, task completion, and ability to follow spoken directions. The experimental
group achieved high accuracy in following directions, whereas the control group
showed notably lower performance. Furthermore, the experimental group successfully
reconstructed spoken information at a substantially higher rate compared to the control
group. Survey data collected before the experiment showed that the vast majority of
respondents believed map visualization improves listening comprehension and
considered it more effective than traditional approaches.
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