The Effect of POA-Based Pronunciation Instruction on Listening Comprehension in College English at a Medical University
In medical universities, a persistent problem is that students who have passed CET-4 still fail to use or speak English effectively. The paper integrated the production-oriented approach (POA) with pronunciation instruction and assigned the cycle of motivating-enabling-assessing for a listening elective class of 38 medical students. After the intervention, the accuracy of both pronunciation and listening was improved markedly. Most students reported clearer pronunciation and connected speech in the post-course questionnaire. This shows that POA-based pronunciation instruction contributes to improving medical-university students’ phonological knowledge and listening comprehension, and offers a practical reference for ESP-oriented College English reform.
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