Examination of critical listening strategies in Turkish lessons of secondary school students in terms of various variables

Listening education is very important in education processes with its multi-dimensional structure. The critical listening which is one of the strategies used by students in listening education processes positively shape the academic development of the students. For this reason, students' critical listening strategies should be determined. In this study, the critical listening strategies used by secondary school students in Turkish lessons were evaluated. In the research process, the screening model was used. The critical listening strategies used by the students in Turkish lessons were examined in terms of gender, class level and socio-economic level. In addition, the use of critical listening strategies of students was tried to be determined. The study population of the study was composed of middle school students in Kayseri, Melikgazi, Talas and Kocasinan districts. The sample of the study consisted of randomly selected students. F test (one way variance analysis), rating analysis (percentage, frequency) and t - test were used in the study. As a result of the research, it is seen that the use of critical listening strategies of the students differed in terms of gender, class level, socio-economic level. It is concluded that students generally use critical listening strategies. In addition to this situation, it is determined that the students use less than the other critical listening strategies in order to rank the importance to what they listening in Turkish lessons