Utilizing A Competency Approach Based Program to Develop EFL University Learners’ Listening Comprehension Performance

  This study aimed at investigating the effect of A Competency Approach Based Program to improve EFL learners' listening performance at Misr International University. To achieve the study aim, the researcher adopted the quasi-design of two groups: experimental and control- (40) students at Misr International University, Cairo, Egypt. The participants were divided into two groups. Both groups were pretested to assure that they were homogenous in listening comprehension competencies before treatment. The experimental group was taught using the Competency Approach Based Program while the control group received regular instruction. The instruments included a listening comprehension checklist, a list comprehension test, and a listening rubric. The experiment lasted for 7 weeks in which the researcher implemented the study academic instruments: a checklist, and a test. The results were statistically analyzed using SPSS version three. The following instruments were to collect data: 1) A questionnaire for juries to determine the most important listening comprehension competencies. 2) A pre/post listening comprehension test. 3)  A listening comprehension rubric. The results revealed that there were statistically significant differences at (α = 0.01) between the mean scores of the control and the experimental groups on the listening comprehension performance posttest in favor of the experimental group. The result reveals that the program had an effect on developing listening comprehension performance. It was recommended that the EFL teachers apply the competency approach-based program to develop EFL learners’ listening comprehension performance.