With the increasing advancement of international exchanges, more Chinese high school students intend to study at prestigious universities abroad through achieving high scores in the IELTS exam, which has therefore become a stepping stone for further study overseas. Based on the the theoretical framework regarding the listening strategies of O'Malley and Chamot as well as English Curriculum Standard for Senior High School (2017), taking 57 students as the research subjects, this study adopts action research for 16 weeks combined with research instruments of test, questionnaire, and interview, to explore the effects of applying listening strategies on IELTS listening scores. The results indicate that the effective use of listening strategies has positive effects on students' academic performance. Students' awareness of employing listening strategies has risen, and their average score has significantly improved.

Mao Yingyi, Ying Jianfen. An Action Research on Effects of Applying Listening Strategies on Academic Performance of Chinese High School Students' IELTS Listening. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 9: 24-36. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2024.060904.

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