The Effect of Listening Activities Using Digital Texts on Fourth Grade Students' Listening and Reading Comprehension Skills

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of listening activities conducted using digital texts on the listening and reading comprehension skills of fourth-grade primary school students. A pretest–posttest control-group quasi-experimental design was used for the study. The research was conducted among 42 students attending a state school in Kastamonu, selected via convenience sampling, namely 21 students in the experimental group and 21 in the control group. Data were collected using the Listening Skills Scale and the Reading Comprehension Test and analyzed using statistical software. The findings indicated that listening activities using digital texts significantly improved students' listening skills; however, they did not significantly affect their reading comprehension.