HONG DUC UNIVERSITY FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT GRADUATION THESIS DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING LISTENING SKILL FACED BY 11TH FORM STUDENTS IN NONG CONG II HIGH SCHOOL Supervisor: Le Thi Minh, M.A Student: Le Thi Thuan Class: K40 – FLD - HDU Course: 2018 – 2021 Thanh Hoa, June, 2021 i DECREATION I certify my authorship of the study report entitle "Difficulties in learning listening skill faced by 11th form students in Nong Cong II high school" This graduation paper is the result of my own research and the substance of this thesis has not been submitted for a degree to any other university or institution and that if this declaration is found to be false, disciplinary measures and penalties can be taken and imposed in accordance with university policies and rules. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENT During the process of doing this graduation paper, I have received many indispensable assistances, precious ideas and timely encouragements from my teachers, family and friends. This paper could not have been completed without the help, encouragement and support from a number of people who all deserve my sincerest gratitude and appreciation. First of all, I wish to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor - Ms.
Le Thi Minh, the English teacher of Faculty of Foreign Language, who has always been willing to give me valuable advices and suggestions in order that I can complete successfully this study. I also would like to take this opportunity to show my sincere thanks to all my teachers at the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Hong Duc University, who have handed me basic knowledge to complete this study. I am so thankful to students of 11A2 at Nong Cong II high school their for a whole - heart participation in the study. I would like to acknowledge my thanks to all the authors of the books, magazines, and the other materials listed in the reference part for their ideas that have been reflected and developed in the study.
I am equally indebted to my classmates for their suggestions and encouragements in the process of my study. Last but not least, my particular thanks are given to my parents for their encouragement and support which played an important role in my graduation paper. iii ABSTRACT Listening skill is one of the most necessary skills to communicate in the real life. In learning a foreign language, the listening skill is being more and more important to learn by students.
Everybody knows that in order to listen to a message is not as simple as hearing it, the listener has to understand the message and respond in the right manner. The thesis will study the subjective and objective difficulties of the students in learning the listening skill. Then, it would like to find out the reasons for those problems and the solutions for both teachers and students in teaching and learning the listening skill. I applied the qualitative and quantitative methods to do the research.
The collecting data instruments like questionnaires, interviews were used to do the study. The results of the research will point out the difficulties that students face when they learn the listening skill. More importantly, through research, I can find the personal of those people difficult so that I can make appropriate suggestions and solutions to overcome those problems. With the hope of improving students' listening competence, I have tried my best to do this thesis by my own experiences and knowledge in English teaching methodology.
iv TABLE OF CONTENT DECREATION. iv TABLE OF CONTENT. Rationale of the study. The aims of the study.
The scope of the study. The method of the study. The organization of the study. 5 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW…………………………………….
Overview of listening skill. Definition of listening skill. Types of listening skill. The importance of listening skill.
Factors affecting the English listening. The class atmosphere. Quality of Recorded Material. Difficulties in learning the English listening skill.
13 CHAPTER 3 : THE STUDY. The setting of the study. Data collection instruments. The survey questionnaire.
Data collection procedures. Data analysis and discussion. The important of listening skill. The reality of students learning English listening skill.
The kinds of listening text which students expect to practice more. Cause affecting English listening skill. The difficulties that students often have when learning Englsh listening skill. The factor have fluence on the interested in English listening skill.
Activities that students like the most in listening skills. 25 Table 4: Students' opinion about the activities that they like most in listening English class. Activities students should do before listening to more efficiency. Finding and discussion.
Students awareness of English listening skills. Current situation in teaching and learning English listening skill. Suggestions for improving English listening skill. Summary of the study.
Suggestions for the further study. 37 APPENDIX 2 Survey questionnaires for teachers. 41 APPENDIX 3 INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR STUDENTS. 44 vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS HDU: Hong Duc University FFL: Faculty of Foreign languages vii LIST OF TABLESAND CHARTS Chart 1: Teachers and students' attitudes towards the importance of English listening skills.
17 Chart 2: The students' opinion of learning English listening skill. 19 Table 1: The interview results of students' opinion in English listening skill. 19 Table 2: Teacher's opinion on difficult of learning English listening skill. 19 Chart 3: The students' interest in learning English listening skill.
20 Chart 4: Students' interest in extra listening activities. 21 Chart 5: Students difficulties in learning English listening skill. 22 Table 3: The teacher's opinion on the difficulties of students often have in. 23 English listening skill.
23 Chart 6: Teacher opinion about factors motivating students' learning English24 listening skill. 24 Chart 7: The subjective factors affecting the students' learning. 25 English listening skills. 25 Table 4: Students' opinion about the activities that they like most in listening English class.
26 Chart 8: What students do before listening. 27 Chart 9: What students do while listening. 28 Chart 10: What teachers do before listening. Rationale of the study Nowadays, listening plays a vital role in daily lives.
People listen for different purposes such as entertainment, academic purposes or obtaining necessary information. Of the four language skills-Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing-that all language learners are supposed to acquire. Listening is believed to be the most challenging due to the complex and subtle nature of listening comprehension in a second or foreign language. As a researcher, I would like to present the thesis title "Difficulties in learning listening skill faced by 11th form students in Nong Cong II high school" for several reasons.
First of all, listening is the most important skill in communication in the real life. Listening and speaking are two major parts of communication. They are closely interdependent. We are able to talk sensibly when we understand what is said to us.
If we fail to understand spoken language, we may miss important information and respond in a funny way. Moreover, in learning a language, listening is a useful means of providing students with comprehensible input, which is an essential component of the whole language learning process. And teaching listening skill in classroom helps students make transition from classroom English to real-life English more easily and effectively. Therefore, I would like to do this research to help the students and teachers pay more attention to listening skill.
Secondly, learning listening skill is the most difficult in learning a foreign language. Listening, like reading, is a receptive skill but it is often the most daunting for students. When reading, a reader usually has more opportunities to refer back to the text to clarify understanding, which a listener cannot do in most listening contexts such as TV programs, meetings, discussion, lectures or conversations. Last but not least reason for choosing this thesis title is that many students are not interested in learning listening skill They find listening classes 3 boring.
On the other hand, practicing listening skill is difficult and it takes long time. That is the reason I would like to work out some suggestion so as to help teachers motivate their students to study listening skill more excited and better. On the other hand, practicing listening skill is difficult and it takes long time. That is the reason I would like to work out some suggestion so as to help teachers motivate their students to study listening skill more excited and better.
After studying at the Faculty of Foreign Languages (FFL), Hong Duc University (HDU), for nearly three years, I realize that 11th students soft English major still have many difficulties in their listening skill. In the hope of finding out the difficulties of listening that they normally get, a study entitled: "Difficulties in learning listening skill faced by 11th form students in Nong Cong II high school" has been conducted because of all above mentioned reason. The aims of the study The study is done with the following aims: Firstly, the study is carried out in order to survey the real state of teaching and learning English listening skill in Nong Cong II high school so that I could work out the reasons for those difficulties. Secondly, most students find it difficult to learn listening skill so I would like to find the common difficulties that the students face when they learn English listening skill at Nong Cong II high school.
Finally, because of the difficulties, many students are not interested in learning and practicing this skill at the class, therefore the study would like to suggest some possible solutions to those difficulties. They will be very helpful for the teachers to motivate their students in listening classes. These suggestions also wish to help the students catch up with the speed of a normal conversation in the real life so that they can improve their communication competence. What are the real situations of teaching and learning English listening skill for the 11th students in Nong Cong II high school ? 2.
What are the difficulties for the 11th students in Nong Cong II high school? 3. What are some solutions to improve their English listening skill? 1. The scope of the study The study is about learning listening skill for 11th students in English faculty at Nong Cong II high school. Because of the limitations of time and knowledge, the shortage of reference materials, this study can not cover the whole issue of listening skill.
It only focus on exploring common difficulties students get in listening skill. Moreover, the study could not touch upon all the students at Nong Cong II high school. It is confined to the 11 th students in English at Nong Cong II high school only. The method of the study The study will be conducted using quantitative, qualitative methods.
The study includes survey questionnaires for both teachers and students, interview questions for students only of 11A2 at Nong Cong II high school. After getting the data, the researcher will use the tables and charts for presenting the collect data. The organization of the study The study includes four main chapters, organized as follows: Chapter 1: Introduction - Rationale of the study. - Aims of the study.
- Research of the study. - Scope of the study. - Methods of the study. - Organization of the study.
5 Chapter 2: Literature review - Theoretical background related to English listening skill - Difficulties in English listening skill. Strategies of English listening skill Chapter 3: The Study - Result of the study - Discussion about the result of study - Suggestion for teaching and listening Chapter 4: Conclusion - Summaries the study - The limitations of the study. - Suggestions for father studies. 6 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.
Overview of listening 2. Definition of English listening skill. Listening is considered as one of the most important skills in acquiring both a native language and a second or foreign language. It is being paid more and more attention to.