This presentation explores the strategic approaches to enhance listening comprehension, aimed at fostering higher proficiency levels in Korean language learning. Comprehension is essential to any language learning activity, ensuring students understand the material. However, listening comprehension is often regarded as one of the most challenging aspects of learning a foreign language. There are many factors for having difficulties understanding the passages: speaking rate, accentuation and intonation in dialects, homophones, cultural references and idioms, background noise, vocabulary, grammar, lack of contextual clues, psychological factors, etc. As educators, how can we help students overcome these difficulties? This case study aims to investigate the effects of three listening strategies approaches for overcoming students’ listening difficulties. This presentation (1) explores the complexity of listening difficulties faced by foreign language students at the Defense Language Institute, including phonetic variations; speaking rate, and contextual usage in foreign language learning, (2) outlines two strategies designed to promote higher level proficiency, such as focused listening exercises, contextualized listening practice using the mind map activities, and (3) identifies the importance of metacognitive listening strategies, including prediction, monitoring, and evaluating to enhance listening proficiency.
This presentation will explore listening strategies and approaches teachers can adopt or adapt in instruction to help students become successful listeners, both in and outside of the classroom.

Authors:
Jisook Kim, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, United States
Branka Sarac, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, United States

About the Presenter(s)
Dr. Jisook Kim is currently an Associate Professor at Defense Language Institute, Monterey, California, United States.

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