The Impact of Discourse Markers on the Listening Comprehension of Oral Discourse to EFL Learners

The main objective of this study was to assist students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to understand spoken dialogue better by bringing their attention to different types of discourse markers. Within the scope of this investigation, researchers have adopted experimental methodology to investigate the data. In order to assemble the required data, the researchers utilized a pre-test and a post-test research instrument that has made possible the classification and investigation of this study through (T. test). Participating in the study was a total of ninety junior (third-year) students from the EFL program at College of Languages, Karary University in Sudan. As a result, one of the most important things that can be learned from this study is that EFL students who participated in the academic support program that was offered in discourse markers (DMs) had significant improvements in their capacity to interpret spoken discourse. As a result, the researchers suggested that students of FL acquire an appreciation for the value of DMs as an effective discourse category in academic listening comprehension. The findings of this study led the authors to the conclusion that including discourse markers instruction at an early stage in an EFL curriculum would assist students in better comprehending spoken interaction.