Problem in Listening

The Problems in Listening

1.      Limitation of vocabulary. It is always faced by most of the students.

2.       Students cannot make prediction about what the speaker is going to say. This problem can be overcome by making prediction or guess the main point from what the speaker is going to say.

3.           Kinds of accents. Most of student’s just know two kinds of accents, namely British and America accents but they cannot differentiate them.

4.          Authentic material. This is one of problems in listening to the material. It is true that natural speech is hard to gradeand it is difficult for students to identify the different voices and cope with frequent overlaps.

5.        Length and speed of the listening. How students can write down what they hear as quickly as they could so that they will not miss the other ideas. It is supposed that students should write down the main point.

6.        Linking words. Commonly, the students are difficult to get the main idea or main points of the material because they are lack of linking words. Thus, they do not understand what the content of the material is about.

7.      The physical setting. It contains three problems that come from students surrounding. Sometimes inconvenience of classrooms affects students listening comprehension. It is the external problems that will make students are difficult to listen to the material.

8.        The students difficult to obtain any main points.