Abstract

The current study aimed to develop some EFL listening skills among first-year secondary school students via using chunking strategy. Thirty participants of the study were drawn from a secondary school in Menoufia. The Participants were exposed to pre/post-tests design. Two main instruments of the study were: an EFL listening skills checklist and an EFL pre/post listening skills test. For the statistical analysis, t-test for paired samples has been used to compare the mean scores of the obtained data. The program based on using the chunking strategy for developing EFL listening strategy was applied to the participants during the first semester of the academic year 2023/2024. Results of the qualities and quantities analysis revealed that the participants' EFL listening skills have been developed significantly as a result of using the study program. Therefore, it can be concluded that using chunking strategy is effective in developing EFL listening among secondary school students.