English Listening Behavior that Affects English Listening Skills of High School Students
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The objectives of this research were: 1) to study high school students’ English listening behavior, 2) to examine English listening skills, 3) to investigate the relationship between English listening behavior and English listening skills, and 4) to study the influence of English listening behavior on English listening skills of high school students. The sample group consisted of 110 high school students in the second semester of the 2023 academic year from Rajaprachanukroh 54 School, Amnat Charoen Province, which was obtained by simple random sampling. The research tools included an English listening skills test and a questionnaire on English listening behavior. Data analysis involved mean, standard deviation, percentage, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and simple regression analysis.
The research findings were:
- High school students from Rajaprachanukroh 54 School, Amnat Charoen Province, demonstrated a high level of overall English listening behavior (mean = 3.90, S.D. = 0.34).
- These students had an average English listening skill score of 71.08% (mean = 8.53, S.D. = 1.86).
- There was a statistically significant positive correlation between English listening behavior and English listening skills (r = 0.80, p < 0.01).
- Simple regression analysis indicated that English listening behavior significantly predicted English listening skills (β = 0.80, p < 0.01), explaining 64% of the variance in listening skills (R² = 0.64). The regression equation derived from the analysis was: Listening Score = -8.35 + 4.32 × Listening Behavior.
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