Learners’ Challenges and Problems in English Listening Skill (A study on students at King Faisal University)

Authors: Dr. Nadia Rebhi Husni Hasan
Assistant Professor, English Department, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

Email: nhasan@kfu.edu.sa
doi.org/10.52132/Ajrsp.e.2024.63.2


Abstract:

The goal of the study is to understand the issues and difficulties King Faisal University students encounter at the Applied College when they are learning English listening skills, as well as the strategies they employ to get past these difficulties. This study is significant because it will shed light on the difficulties that students encounter when learning English listening skills, which will benefit King Faisal University, English language instructors, curriculum designers, and researchers. King Faisal University will be aware of the academic standing of its students and might offer native English speakers positions as English language instructors. In order to determine averages, examine causality, and make broader demographic generalizations, the researcher employed a quantitative technique by applying the random sampling of male and female English 101 and 102 students enrolled in the Applied College at King Faisal University in the second semester of 2024. The study's findings indicate that while Saudi female students have more challenges than their male counterparts, both genders in the country have trouble learning English listening skills. The study's recommendations are based on its findings, which include enhancing listening techniques, giving universities and schools the tools they need to teach English listening skills, and pushing students to raise their proficiency levels in the language.

Keywords:

Listening comprehension, listening difficulties, EFL learners, Listening skill

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