Methods to improve listening skills for first year students at HPU

Abstract

In recent years, a raising problem encountered by students in general and first year ones in particular in the foreign languages department at Hai Phong Private University is extremely bad listening comprehension. This leads to a serious subsequence is that student’s language proficiency is low as well as learning and teaching have to face many difficulties due to the reason that listening skill is an essential instrument when learning communication in any another languages. The problems were related to listening materials, students’ physical limits, supporting equipment, in addition, the factors that have affected the difficulties in listening English are lack of knowledge and practice, English learning environment…. The purpose of this study is investigating students’ difficulties in learning English listening comprehension and some solutions. The object of this study was 30 students of Foreign Languages Department who finished their first school year.