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Problem: EFL students use various strategies and tactics in listening skills to understand the person or the text they are listening. Aim Of The Search: This study tries to define the strategies and tactics of students by conducting questionnaires and interviews. Also it is aimed to describe what kind of strategies the poor or successful students use or don’t use. Method: This study has been conducted at Ataturk University Kazım Karabekir Education Faculty ELT department. The sample consists of 107 students at prep classes of the department. The data were analyzed using SPSS For Windows. Frequency analysis and percentage techniques were used in the study. Besides, the interviews were commented. Findings and Results: The strategies and tactics were classified as cognitive and metacognitive from the findings from the study. Furthermore it was found that strategy instruction could be applied in the classrooms. Recommendations: In order to reach the desired level in listening skills the methodology teachers should focus on more to the teaching of listening skills in Language Teaching Methodology courses. Language teaching should be directed from teaching everything about language to teaching to use the language especially in listening skills. The school curriculum should include more cognitive activities for listening courses rather than mechanical exercises. Key Words: Listening strategies, language learning, strategy instruction, learning tactics, sognitive and metacognitive strategies

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