抄録
It is generally thought that it is difficult for Japanese EFL learners to comprehend language information only by auditory input because their priority in learning is written English, and so they depend more on visual language than auditory language. By examining the word translation latency of an English word presented by a computer as auditory stimulus, it was evident that good listeners can answer more rapidly and exactly than poor listeners in conditions of both high frequency words and low frequency words (Yamaguchi 1997). Therefore, the effects of training given to poor listeners for two months were measured in order to examine whether listening comprehension would be improved or not if the speed of word recognition becomes rapid. The results were that their speed became more rapid, and furthermore their listening comprehension also increased. The importance of increasing the speed of word recognition in listening instruction for poor learners was therefore supported.
