A study on the difficulties of the second-year English majors in learning listening skill at HaiPhong University of Management and Technology and suggested solutions to improve

Abstract

The study is done with the following aims: Firstly, I want to find out the most common difficulties in learning listening skill faced by second-year English majors. Secondly, on account of troubles, many students are not keen on learning and practicing this skill in the class, therefore the study would like to suggest some potential answers to improve 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.