Abstract:

Listening education has a major position in the educational processes with its multi-dimensional structure. Critical listening, which is one of the strategies students use in the listening learning processes, shapes the academic development of the student in a positive direction. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the critical listening strategies that students use in the classes. This study assessed the critical listening strategies that high school students used in Turkish lessons. In the research process, scanning models from quantum research methods were used. The critical listening strategies students use in Turkish courses have been compared in terms of gender, class level and socio-economic level. It has also been tried to determine the rates of use of students’ critical listening strategies. The study universe of the study consisted of high school students in Kayseri or Melikgazi, Talas and Kocasinan districts. The sample of the study consists of students chosen by random sampling method among these students. The study used the F test (one-way variance analysis), the rating analysis (percentage, frequency) and the t-test. The research results showed that looking at the overall average of the materials, students’ critical listening strategies used differed in some matters in terms of gender, class level, socio-economic level. The conclusion is that students generally use critical listening strategies. In addition to this situation, it has been found that students use less the strategy to rank what they listen to in Turkish classes than other critical listening strategies.

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