Explicating Listening Difficulties and Listening Strategies of Indonesian EFL Learners

Authors

  • Fachriza Amalia Rakhman Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia
  • Sri Samiati Tarjana Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia
  • Sri Marmanto Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v6i2p51

Keywords:

EFL Learners, Listening Comprehension, Listening Difficulties, Listening Strategies

Abstract

This study aimed at revealing listening difficulties perceived by Indonesian learners in English as a foreign language listening class. The data were collected from 6 EFL students who have studied at the English department program in a University in Indonesia. This research is qualitative research which used questionnaire, observation and semi-structured interview to gain the data. This research used a Second Language Listening Difficulties Questionnaire proposed by Anna Ching-Shyang Chang (2013) to complete the required data and the second questionnaire was Strategy Inventory for Language Learning version 7.0 for EFL learners adapted from Oxford (1990). The result of the research showed that EFL Indonesian learners face difficulties related to internal and external factors. Moreover, in tackling these difficulties, the students apply listening strategies which include both cognitive and metacognitive.

References

Allan, D. (2004). Oxford Placement Test. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Brindley, G., & Slatyer, H. (2002). Exploring task difficulty in ESL listening assessment. Language Testing. (19), 369–394. doi:10.1191/0265532202lt236oa

Brown, H. D. (2004). Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices. White Plains, New York: Pearson Education.

Brown, H. D. (2007). Teaching by Principles. New York: Pearson Longman.

Buck, G. (2001). Assessing Listening. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511732959.

Field, J. (2008) Listening in the Language Classroom. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univer.sity Press.

Chang, A. C.S., Wu, B.W. P., & Pang, J. C. L. (2013). Second language listening difficulties perceived by low-level learners. Perceptual & Motor Skills: Learning & Memory, 116 (2), 415-434

Chou, M. H. (2016). Strategy use for listening in English as a foreign language: A comparison of academic and vocational high school students. TESOL Journal. 7 (3), 513-519. doi:10.1002/tesj.214

Downs, L. J. (2008). Listening skills training. Washington, D.C.: American society for training and development.

Fauziati, E. (2007). Introduction to Methods and Approaches in Second or Foreign Language Teaching. Surakarta: Era Pustaka Utama.

Gilakjani, A., P., & Sabouri, N. B. (2016). Learners’ listening comprehension difficulties in English language learning: A literature review. Journal of English Language Teaching, 9(6), 123-133. doi:10.5539/elt.v9n6p123

Golchi, M. M. (2012). Listening anxiety and its relationship with listening strategy and listening comprehension among Iranian IELTS learners. International Journal of English Linguistics, 2. doi:10.5539/ijel.v2n4p115

Goss, B. (1982). Listening as Information Processing. Communication Quarterly, 30, 304-307. doi:10.1080/014633782093669465.

Graham, S. (2006). Listening comprehension: The learners’ perspective’. System, (34), 165-82.

Kuraedah, S., Gunawan, f., Wekke, I. S., & Hammudin, B. (2018). Learning environment construction in islamic higher education: Connecting the puzzles of ideas. 175 (2018)012107.

doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/175/1/012107. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science.

Macaro, E., Graham, S., & Vanderplank, R. (2007). A review of listening strategies: Focus on sources of knowledge and on success. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

O’Malley, M.J., & A.U. Chamot. (1990). Learning strategies in second language acquisition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Oxford, R. L. (1990). Language learning strategies: What every teacher should know. New York: Newbury House.

Richards, J. C. (2005). Interchange Intro. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Rost, M. (2001). Teaching and Researching Listening. New York: Longman.

Rubin, J. (1995). An overview to a guide for the teaching of second language listening. In D. J. Mendelsohn and J.

Rubin (Eds.), A guide for the teaching of second language listening. (pp. 7-11). San Diego, California: Dominie Press, Inc.

Rost, M. (2001). Teaching and researching listening. New York: Longman.

Rost, M. (2009). Teacher development interactive: Listening. White Plains New York: Pearson Longman.

Samuels, S. J. (1984). Factors influencing listening: Inside and outside the head. Theory into Practice, 23, 183-189.

Serri, F., Boroujeni, A. J., & Hesabi, A. (2012). Cognitive, metacognitive, and social/affective strategies in listening comprehension and their relationships with individual differences. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 2. 10.4304/tpls.2.4.843-849

Sebina, B., & Arua, A. E. (2014). From perception to knowledge to classroom practice: Teaching listening comprehension to Setswana speakers of English in junior schools in Botswana. International Journal of Listening. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10904018.2014.928212

Ulum, O, G. (2015). Listening: The ignored skill in EFL context. International Journal of Humanities Social Science and Education, 2(5), 72-80.

Ur, P. (1984). Teaching listening comprehension. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Vandergrift, L. (2007). Recent developments in second and foreign language listening comprehension research.. Language Teaching. 40(3), 191-210. doi: 10.1017/S0261444807004338

Vandergrift, L., & Goh, C. (2012). Teaching and learning second language listening: Metacognition in Action. New York: Routledge.

Wilson, J.J. (2009). How to teach listening. New York: Pearson Longman.

Downloads

Published

11.09.2024

Issue

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Rakhman, F. A., Tarjana, S. S., & Marmanto, S. (2024). Explicating Listening Difficulties and Listening Strategies of Indonesian EFL Learners. International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies, 6(2), 51-63. https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v6i2p51

Similar Articles

1-10 of 234

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.