Students’ Problem in Listening Comprehension at University Level

Abstract

Listening is one of the skills provided for foreign language students that they need to have besides speaking, reading, and writing. However, there are still many students who face difficulties in the learning process of listening. This study aims to identify problems faced by students in listening skill at the English Department at the university level. The data of this study ware obtained from students of the English Department of FBS, Universitas Negeri Padang (State University of Padang), in Indonesia who were included in this study. Data collection is done through listening tests to get information about problems faced by students. In addition, observation on the learning process and evaluation of the teaching materials used were also carried out. The research findings show that there are six sub-listening skills that are often become the problems faced by students. This research also gathered five sources of the listening problems. It implies that the lecturer needs to have multimedia and technological literacy to prepare the students in listening skills.