An Analysis of Students’ Difficulties in Listening Comprehension at Senior High School

Windamayanti Windamayanti (Universitas Negeri Makassar)
Haryanto Atmowardoyo (Universitas Negeri Makassar)
Munir Munir (Universitas Negeri Makassar)

JoEELE
Vol 1, No 4, October (2022): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education

The aim of this study is to find out the difficulties faced by students in listening. This research used a descriptive research method and was conducted at a senior high school in Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi. Thirty-one students from the eleventh grade were selected as research subjects through a random sampling technique. The data was obtained from a questionnaire and an interview. The results obtained from the data analysis is the difficulties that students face when doing listening comprehension are; lack of vocabulary, students' interest in English, pronunciation, lack of concentration, accent, speaker talks too fast, topic changing, and they don't trust themselves.