Acknowledgements
Abstract
Table of contents
List of abbreviations
List of tables and pie charts
1. CHƯƠNG 1: Introduction
1.1. Aims of the Study
1.2. Methods of the Study
1.3. Scope of the Study
1.4. Design of the Study
2. CHƯƠNG 2: Literature review
2.1. Introduction
2.2. The definition of listening and listening comprehension
2.2.1. Definition of listening
2.2.2. Definition of listening comprehension
2.3. Listening Comprehension Process
2.4. The importance of listening comprehension
2.5. What makes listening difficult
2.5.1. The linguistic factors
2.5.1.1. The type of language input
2.5.1.2. Pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation
2.5.2. The non – linguistic factors
2.5.2.1. Listener’s ability to concentrate
2.5.2.2. Listener’s background knowledge
2.6. The procedure of teaching a listening lesson
2.6.1. Pre-listening stage
2.6.2. While-listening stage
2.6.3. Post-listening stage
3. CHƯƠNG 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1. The course book
3.2. The 10th form students
3.3. The teachers of English
3.4. The data collection instrument
3.5. Data collection and analysis
4. CHƯƠNG 4: data analysis and discussion
4.1. Questionnaire for the students
4.1.1. Students’ views on the aims of learning English at school (Question 1)
4.1.2. The difficulties encountered by 10th form students when learning listening
4.1.3. The importance of learning listening of the students at Ly Thuong Kiet High School
4.1.4. The students’ difficulties when learning listening at school (Question 4, 5, 6)
4.1.5. Listening difficulties encountered by 10th grade students at Ly Thuong Kiet High School
4.1.6. The expectations of the students towards teachers of listening skill
4.1.7. Students’ attitude after listening lesson
4.1.8. Students’ need in learning listening
4.1.9. The students’ effort (Question 9)
4.2. Teachers and their teaching methods (Question 10)
4.2.1. The things that school can do to help students in their learning English
4.2.2. The teachers’ questionnaire
4.2.2.1. Teachers’ views on the aims of teaching English at school
4.2.2.2. Teachers’ opinion about the aspects of language taught at school
4.2.2.3. Teachers’ opinion of teaching listening comprehension (Question 3, 4, 5 and 6)
4.2.2.4. Teachers’ difficulties in teaching listening
4.2.2.5. Teachers’ activities to help students overcome the difficulties in learning listening process
4.2.2.6. Teachers’ attitude toward class-listening activities (Question 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12)
4.2.2.7. Teachers’ opinions about three-listening stages (Question 7)
4.2.2.8. Teachers’ comments on the pre-listening activities in the textbooks and their suggestions (Question 8, 9)
4.2.2.9. Listening exercises teachers often have students practice in a listening lesson and their effectiveness (Question 10, 11)
4.2.2.10. Students’ achievement from a listening text (Question 12)
4.2.2.11. Teachers’ suggestion in teaching listening
4.2.2.12. The teachers’ effort (Question 13)
4.2.2.13. Teachers’ need in having effective listening lessons (Question 14)
4.2.2.14. Teachers’ suggestion to the administrators in order to have effective listening lessons
5. CHƯƠNG 5: recommendations and conclusion
5.1. Findings and suggestions
5.2. Limitation and suggestions for the further study
list of abbreviations
list of tables and pie charts
