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2023-02-06

EFL Teachers’ Beliefs About Listening and Their Actual Listening Instructional Practices

Creencias y prácticas pedagógicas de docentes de inglés en torno a la destreza de la escucha

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https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v25n1.98510

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English language teaching, listening beliefs, listening practices, teaching listening, teacher cognition (en)
creencias sobre la escucha, prácticas de escucha, enseñanza de la escucha, cognición docente (es)

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This paper reports a mixed-method study on listening instructional practices and beliefs of 50 EFL teachers of public and private universities in Cuenca, Ecuador. The study aimed to provide empirical evidence of listening teaching practices and determine teachers’ beliefs about listening. Data were gathered through a questionnaire and structured class observations. Results evidenced that instructional practices emphasize task completion rather than listening development, are oriented towards the product rather than the process and lack decoding.

Este artículo reporta un estudio de métodos mixtos sobre las creencias y prácticas pedagógicas de la destreza de la escucha de 50 profesores de inglés de universidades públicas y privadas de Cuenca (Ecuador). El propósito del estudio fue proporcionar evidencia empírica acerca de los enfoques pedagógicos usados para la enseñanza de la escucha y de las creencias de los docentes al respecto. Para la recolección de datos se empleó un cuestionario y observaciones estructuradas. Los resultados evidencian que las prácticas pedagógicas enfatizan el completamiento de tareas en lugar del desarrollo de la escucha, están orientadas hacia el producto de la escucha en lugar del proceso y no fomentan el desarrollo de la descodificación.

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Abad, M. (2023). EFL Teachers’ Beliefs About Listening and Their Actual Listening Instructional Practices. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 25(1), 113–127. https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v25n1.98510

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Abad, M. 2023. EFL Teachers’ Beliefs About Listening and Their Actual Listening Instructional Practices. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development. 25, 1 (Feb. 2023), 113–127. DOI:https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v25n1.98510.

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ABAD, M. EFL Teachers’ Beliefs About Listening and Their Actual Listening Instructional Practices. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, [S. l.], v. 25, n. 1, p. 113–127, 2023. DOI: 10.15446/profile.v25n1.98510. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/98510. Acesso em: 16 mar. 2026.

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Abad, Mónica. 2023. “ EFL Teachers’ Beliefs About Listening and Their Actual Listening Instructional Practices”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 25 (1):113-27. https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v25n1.98510.

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Abad, M. (2023) “ EFL Teachers’ Beliefs About Listening and Their Actual Listening Instructional Practices”, Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 25(1), pp. 113–127. doi: 10.15446/profile.v25n1.98510.

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Abad, M. “ EFL Teachers’ Beliefs About Listening and Their Actual Listening Instructional Practices”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, vol. 25, no. 1, Feb. 2023, pp. 113-27, doi:10.15446/profile.v25n1.98510.

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Abad, Mónica. “ EFL Teachers’ Beliefs About Listening and Their Actual Listening Instructional Practices”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 25, no. 1 (February 6, 2023): 113–127. Accessed March 16, 2026. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/98510.

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Abad M. EFL Teachers’ Beliefs About Listening and Their Actual Listening Instructional Practices. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2023 Feb. 6 [cited 2026 Mar. 16];25(1):113-27. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/98510

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