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Motivation in L2 listening comprehension: facilitating students engagement in EFL listening tasks
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Kubota Cabello, Nathalia
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Artículo para optar al grado de Licenciada en Educación The aim of this article is to determine whether motivation has an impact on L2 listening comprehensionof chilean EFL students. The didactic unit was based on Dörnyei ́s framework, considering motivation as a process and the use of macrostrategies motivational-teaching approach, Self-determination theory, pointing at increasing the engagement of EFL students with listening tasks through EM and IM, and following specific listening teaching strategies, specifically pre, while and post listening activities. The pedagogical intervention was done in a semi private high school located in Santiago, which provides technical education for girls. The class corresponds to 11thgrade, it is composed by 38 students aged 15 to 17, coming from different areas of Santiago; many of them belong to lower middle class families.The lesson plans included topics chosen by the students, innovative listening tasks and focus on formative assessment. During the implementation there were improvements in terms of motivation, which could be noticed through the students ́ engagement with the tasks and their interest to participate in most listening activities; however, there were no significant changes in the students ́ academic results.