Investigating english listening comprehension deficiency among students at secondary schools from psychological and educational view
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2019-07-16
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جامعة الشيخ عبدالله البدري
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This study aimed at investigating the deficiency of English listening skill among students
of secondary schools in Port Sudan town. The researcher provided a number of factors
that cause the deficiency, and then set out a group of suggestions to deal with it. This
study is of a descriptive analytical nature, focused on the listening skill so, the researcher
used the descriptive methodology which described the problem before dealing with it
and also used the analytical methodology as an additional method to analyze some data
and diagrams which the researcher used in the research. Tools used in the study were a
questionnaire to students both males and females and a written interview for teachers who
were teaching them. The researcher discussed and analyzed the results revealed by the
students’ and teachers’ responses. After that, the researcher moved to conclude the study
by presenting the findings of the study such as most of students tried to listen to English
but they failed because of many reasons such as difficulty in identification different English
words pronunciation, besides clear and correct pronunciation help students to comprehend
English words in a right way. The methods of teaching listening comprehension are not
convincing and enough to achieve the purpose of teaching. Finally, the materials provided
by the curriculum and learning activities were not sufficient to enable students to learn
listening in English language. Hence according to these findings, the researcher suggested
a plan to solve these problems to achieve the goal of the study.