Iranian EFL Students’ Listening Comprehension Problems

Nowrouzi, Sara; Tam, Shu Sim; Zareian, Gholamreza; Nimehchisalem, Vahid

doi:10.17507/tpls.0502.05

“…3.68 1.08 High *Means values ≤ 2 (low), 2-3.4 (moderate); and ≥ 3.5 (high) levels of listening problems The next-highest levels of problems in the utilization phase were 'Understanding words but not the intended message', 'Difficulty in comprehending the order of ideas in text', and 'Difficulty in deriving the supporting ideas'. In contrast to the participants of Nowrouzi et al (2015), the subjects in the current study reported a moderate level of difficulty in obtaining details.…”

Section: Utilization Problemsmentioning

confidence: 62%

“…The difficulty of recognizing and understanding grammatical structures could be due to a lack of interest. Researchers recommended that vocabulary building, improving syllabi, and providing appropriate English labs can help resolve such problems (Kazouz, 2014;Nowrouzi et al, 2015;Assaf, 2015;Eltayeb, 2017). To summarise, a review of the literature confirms that listening in language acquisition is a worthy topic of research.…”

Section: Previous Studies On Listening Problemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Cultural Background on Listening Comprehension of Saudi EFL Students

Al-khresheh¹

2020

AWEJ

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One of the most critical areas where considerable attention is required in teaching a foreign language involves listening skills. Listening plays an essential role in both communication and learning, and it is one of the most crucial necessary language skills in the field of language learning. Recent studies in foreign language listening have extensively focused on the prevailing difficulties of listening. There has been little research on the cultural-background as a sociolinguistic dimension of listening. Therefore, this study set out to determine whether Saudi EFL students face particular difficulty in their listening comprehension, to identify possible reasons for the problems, and to find out whether the cultural-background affects the listening process. To achieve these objectives, a triangulation method was followed. A diagnostic test and a questionnaire were used on a group of 31 Saudi students of English and a reflective essay was carried out on eight EFL teachers. The findings suggest, first, that listening is the most challenging language skill and, second, that Saudi EFL students encounter substantial difficulty in the perception, parsing, and utilization phases of their listening comprehension for many reasons. The findings also suggest that the cultural background has a significant effect on their listening process. This study is expected to contribute markedly towards increasing the understanding of listening difficulties in language learning, and improving the teaching-learning process, by recommending effective remedies for addressing such challenges.

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“…Much attention to the study of students' listening comprehension conducted by some researcher (Zhang et al, 2011;Hamouda 2013;Nowrouzi 2015). Listening is an important skill; it enables language learners to receive and interact with language input and facilitates the emergence of other language skills (Vandergrift 2006 andGoh, 2012).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

EFL Students’ English Listening Comprehension Problem: A study of English Teacher Education Program

Zur¹

2020

ASSRJ

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Listening comprehensively is one of the way to build EFL students’ Listening skill, however, they still got problem in different phase of listening. The aimed of the study to identified the listening comprehension problem of EFL students during take English teacher program, the data was collected from Muhammadiyah university students in Kendari. This descriptive study used the listening comprehension problem questionnaire. The result of the study showed that the students still got difficulty in all three phases of listening problem, they are perception, parsing and utilization, moreover, the highest problems was in perception problem. So this problem is highly influence their quality of listening skill. This findings are expected to be a good implication for the lecturer in designing course and listening teaching strategy.

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“…More specifically, listening plays a crucial role in helping language learners acquire vocabulary and correct pronunciation because there is a strong correlation between vocabulary and listening. Listeners might recognize 50% of the words in a passage and make use of them unintentionally while trying to understand the meaning (Paran, 1996;Milton, Wade & Hopkins, 2010;Nowrouzi, Tam, Zareian, & Nimehchisalem, 2015). Improving vocabulary always involves the receptive skills of listening and reading.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Cultural Background on Listening Comprehension of Saudi EFL Students

Al-khresheh¹

2020

AWEJ

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One of the most critical areas where considerable attention is required in teaching a foreign language involves listening skills. Listening plays an essential role in both communication and learning, and it is one of the most crucial necessary language skills in the field of language learning. Recent studies in foreign language listening have extensively focused on the prevailing difficulties of listening. There has been little research on the cultural-background as a sociolinguistic dimension of listening. Therefore, this study set out to determine whether Saudi EFL students face particular difficulty in their listening comprehension, to identify possible reasons for the problems, and to find out whether the cultural-background affects the listening process. To achieve these objectives, a triangulation method was followed. A diagnostic test and a questionnaire were used on a group of 31 Saudi students of English and a reflective essay was carried out on eight EFL teachers. The findings suggest, first, that listening is the most challenging language skill and, second, that Saudi EFL students encounter substantial difficulty in the perception, parsing, and utilization phases of their listening comprehension for many reasons. The findings also suggest that the cultural background has a significant effect on their listening process. This study is expected to contribute markedly towards increasing the understanding of listening difficulties in language learning, and improving the teaching-learning process, by recommending effective remedies for addressing such challenges.

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Iranian EFL Students’ Listening Comprehension Problems

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The Impact of Cultural Background on Listening Comprehension of Saudi EFL Students

The Impact of Cultural Background on Listening Comprehension of Saudi EFL Students

EFL Students’ English Listening Comprehension Problem: A study of English Teacher Education Program

The Impact of Cultural Background on Listening Comprehension of Saudi EFL Students

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