The Impact of Note Taking On the Improvement of Listening Comprehension of Iranian EFL Learners

Note taking is a popular and operative strategy which increases the students’ ability to remember, comprehend, and keep the material in mind. Nowadays, it is very common for teachers to use the note taking strategy in EFL listening classes due to the fact that taking notes can help students catch the main points easily and in turn promote their listening comprehension effectively. However, it creates areas of concerns for some researchers about whether taking notes is effective for students to improve their listening comprehension. Thus, it generates great research subjects for scholars to be studied. The present study, which is a quasi-experimental one, aimed at investigating the effect of note taking on listening comprehension of 30 EFL learners in the intermediate level of English language proficiency. The study was conducted through pretest and posttest on two groups. Data collection procedure was completed by the learners’ obtained scores in the listening section of PET test. The findings based on the analysis of ANCOVA revealed that note taking during listening is effective on learners’ listening comprehension score. This study could be helpful for teachers who face problems in their learners’ listening comprehension.