A study on the difficulties faced by the first-year English majors at HaiPhong Management and Technology University and stratergies to help for their self-improvement in listening skill

Abstract

The study is done with the following aims: Firstly, the study is carried out in order to survey the real state of learning English listening skill in Haiphong Management and Technology University so that I can work out the solutions. Secondly, most students find it difficult to learn listening skill so I would like to find out the common difficulties encountered by the 1st year English majors when they study English listening skill at Haiphong Management and Technology University. Finally, due to such difficulties, many students are not interested in learning and practicing this skill in class, therefore the study would like to suggest some possible solutions to help for their self- improvement in listening skill. These solutions also aim to help the students catch up with the speed of a normal conversation in the real life so that they can improve their communication competence.