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Part Ⅰ Introduction |
10-15 |
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1.1 Research Orientation |
10 |
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1.2 Rationale for the Present Research |
10-13 |
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1.3 Research Questions |
13 |
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1.4 Organization of the Thesis |
13-15 |
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Part Ⅱ Literature Review |
15-54 |
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2.1 Listening Comprehension |
15-33 |
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2.1.1 The Definition of Listening |
15-17 |
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2.1.2 The Importance of Listening Comprehension |
17-18 |
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2.1.3 The Characteristics of Listening |
18-20 |
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2.1.4 The Process of Listening |
20-22 |
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2.1.5 Factors that Affect Listening Comprehension |
22-25 |
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2.1.6 Micro Skills of Listening |
25-28 |
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2.1.7 The Importance of Micro skills for Middle School Learners |
28-29 |
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2.1.8 Previous Studies %26 Findings on Listening Comprehension |
29-33 |
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2.2 Cohesion |
33-54 |
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2.2.1 Halliday %26 Hasan's Theory of Cohesion |
33-41 |
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2.2.2 Comment on Halliday %26 Hasan's Theory of Cohesion |
41-43 |
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2.2.3 The Development of Cohesion Theory |
43-47 |
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2.2.4 Previous Empirical Studies %26 Findings on Cohesion |
47-52 |
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2.2.5 Aim of the Present Study: the Effect of Cohesion Devices on Listening Comprehension |
52-54 |
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Part Ⅲ Methodology |
54-63 |
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3.1 Introduction |
54 |
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3.2 Research Questions |
54 |
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3.3 Participants |
54-56 |
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3.3.1 Participants on a Survey Study |
54-56 |
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3.3.2 Participants on a Case Study |
56 |
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3.4 Instruments |
56-59 |
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3.4.1 The Questionnaires |
56-58 |
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3.4.2 Listening Materials and Recording |
58-59 |
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3.4.3 The Interview on Group Basis |
59 |
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3.5 Data-collection |
59-61 |
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3.6 Data-analysis |
61-63 |
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Part Ⅳ Results %26 Discussion |
63-88 |
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4.1 Results of the Study |
63-74 |
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4.1.1 Results of the Questionnaire |
63-73 |
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4.1.2 Results of the Interview |
73-74 |
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4.2 Discussion of the Present Study |
74-88 |
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4.2.1 The Effects of Cohesive Devices |
74-83 |
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4.2.2 The Effects of Cohesive Devices for Successful and Less Successful Middle School Listeners |
83-86 |
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4.2.3 The Effects of Cohesive Devices for Males and Females in Middle School |
86-88 |
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Part Ⅴ Conclusions |
88-96 |
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5.1 Conclusions of the Study |
88-89 |
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5.2 Pedagogical Implications of the Study |
89-93 |
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5.3 Limitations of the Study |
93-94 |
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5.4 Recommendations for Further Research |
94-96 |
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References |
96-106 |
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Appendixes |
106-127 |
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Appendix Ⅰ: The Report on a Pilot Study |
106-111 |
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Appendix Ⅱ: Questionnaire One |
111-114 |
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Appendix Ⅲ: Questionnaire Two |
114-117 |
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Appendix Ⅳ: The English Listening Test |
117-122 |
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Appendix Ⅴ: Interview Guide |
122-123 |
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Appendix Ⅵ: The Response to the Questionnaire |
123-127 |
