The Effect of Self-Regulatory Strategies in Enhancing Listening Skills and Self-Efficacy of EFL Learners

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his study was conducted to explore The Effect of Self-Regulatory Strategies in Enhancing Listening Skills and Self-Efficacy of EFL Learners. Participants of the current study were 80 female 3^rd level female students divided into two groups (experimental and control group) with 40 each. The experimental group students trained in self-regulation strategies in learning listening skills while the control group used the traditional way in their learning. The findings indicated that students in the experimental group surpassed the control group in terms of listening performance using self-regulation strategies. Furthermore, results revealed that self-regulation strategies training helped students improve their self-efficacy. The study suggested that due to the significant role of self-regulatory strategies, it is seems relevant to do a comprehensive review on the role of self-regulation in learning a foreign language to gain a deeper understanding of the development of self-regulation in learning a foreign, how language teachers can help the learners to use self-regulatory strategies in a proper way to create positive beliefs about their abilities to learn a foreign language.