Difficulties in listening and understanding English of the first year non-majors at Hai Phong University of Management and Technology

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out the difficulties in English listening of non-major students in order to find effective listening teaching methods to help students improve their listening ability. Specifically, the research aims to find answers to the following questions: What is the current state of listening ability of first year non-English major students at Hai Phong University of Management and Technology? Which listening skills do students not apply well when listening to English? Based on the findings, the research tries to provide methods to help students overcome the problems in order to effectively develop their listening skills.