Extensive Listening and Its Relation Towards Vocabulary Knowledge

Abstract

Extensive Listening (EL), one of the approaches in language learning, is believed has a remarkable impact on the language proficiency of learners, particularly on the process of acquiring vocabularies. This study reports the systematic review of EL, and its relation towards vocabulary knowledge from the year 2016 onwards. Four studies are involved and reviewed in terms of: (i) participants (ii) national context, and (ii) main findings. The main findings represent both teachers and students' experiences on how EL affects learners' vocabulary acquisition. The results show that EL can be adopted to assist learners to absorb new vocabularies. Having such positive results, EL, therefore, is highly recommended for learners to enrich their lexicon. Several fundamental characteristics of EL and the essential recommendations are presented as it is helpful to gain a better comprehension for the acquisition process. Finally, the review provides some recommendations for the future EL study.