Journal of English Teaching, Literature, and Applied Linguistics
Vol 8 No 2 (2024)

An Analysis of Students' Difficulties in Listening Comprehension at SMAN 1 Muara teweh

Fatonah, Yulia (Unknown)
Rahmadani, Nur (Unknown)
Azmi, Aulia (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Oct 2024

Abstract

Listening is the first skill of English that should learned by students. This is because before students can respond to their teachers, they must listen first to get information and concepts. Moreover, there are still many students who have difficulties in listening comprehension. This study to find out students’ difficulties and factors that cause students’ difficulties in listening comprehension of Eleventh-grade students in SMAN 1 Muara Teweh. This study used quantitative descriptive research design and sampling technique using cluster random sampling. Data collection instrument used questionnaire. From the data analysis, as many as 49% of students have difficulty related to listening material, 52.8% of students have difficulty related to the listener, and 82% of students have difficulty related to physical setting. Besides, the factors that cause students’ difficulties in listening comprehension were depend on others, and shame to ask the teacher about the material. Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that most students have some difficulties in listening comprehension, which has constrained their ability to improve their listening skills. Keywords: Factors; Listening Comprehension; Students’ Difficulties

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jetlal

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Teaching, Literature, and Applied Linguistics is published by the English Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah Gresik, twice a year in February and August. The purpose of this journal is to facilitate scientists, researchers, ...