DİNLEME BECERİSİ EDİNİMİNİN GELİŞMESİ İÇİN RESİMLERİN FARKLI SUNUMLARININ BAĞLAMSAL KAYNAK OLARAK KULLANIMI

The primary aim of this present study is to investigate the role and effects of using different presentations of pictures as contextual supplements in improving foreign language listening comprehension. Within this framework, theoretical issues are examined arising from the application of using pictures that might facilitate foreign language listening comprehension. In short, the effects of using pictures are investigated in using students' language proficiency where three different presentation techniques such as priming, simultaneous, and feedback presentations are applied. The study was conducted on two 9th grade classes and lasted 14 weeks, which includes pre-experiment stage, pre-test stage, training stage, post-test stage and post-experiment stage. Sivrihisar Anatolian Teacher Training High School in Sivrihisar, Eskişehir was taken as the case school in order to collect and evaluate the data. According to the analysis of results, four major findings are reported: First finding of the research is that using pictures as contextual supplements improves listening comprehension more than audio-alone condition. Second finding is that, as methods of presenting visuals as pictures, priming and feedback presentation techniques are better when compared to simultaneous presentation technique and students' listening comprehension improves more when priming and feedback presentation techniques are used. Third finding of the study is that, the training session helps students improve their listening comprehension. Lastly, the more the students are trained with pictures, the higher their foreign language acquisition ability is, so they can also be successful in listening comprehension process without pictures.