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The objective of this reseach is to find out the difficulties and the dominant factor that faced by the English students in understanding the listening section of the toefl test. This research used descriptive quantitative method. 18 students as the total population and 18 students become a sample of this research. The instrument of the reasearch was questionnaire adopted from Hamouda in Raini (2019). The questionnaire consist of 27 statements and devided into 7 tables. The result of this research shown that the highest percentage by using mean is in physical setting (50%) and the dominant factor is in physical setting (50%) where the problem that were the difficulty to concentrate with noises around and unclear sounds from poor quality-CD player are the biggest difficulties to the English students UNIB. It could be concluded that the content of listening test and physical setting become the highest difficulties and the dominant factor that faced by English Students UNIB. It was recommended for the English lecturer should pay more intention towards to listening material and find more suitable method or technique in teaching listening course and students should find another option to cover the listening skill.
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References
Arikunto, S. (2010). Prosedur Penelitian Suatu Pendekatan Praktik (Research procedure: A practice approach). Jakarta: Rineka Cipta.
Cross, D (1998). Teach English. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Goh, C. (2010). Listening as process: Learning activities for self-appraisal and self- regulation. In N. Harwood (Ed.), English language teaching materials: Theory and practice (pp. 179-206). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Gilakjani, A., & Ahmadi, A. (2011). A study of factors affecting EFL learners' English listening comprehension and the strategies for improvement. Journal of Language Teaching and Research. 2(5), 977-988. http://doi.org/10.4304/jltr.2.5.977-988
Graham, S. (2006). Listening Comprehension: The Learners' Perspective. System, 34 (2), 165-182.
Hamouda, A. (2013). An investigation of listening comprehension problems encountered by Saudi students in the EL Listening Classroom. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development. 2(2), 31.
Harahap, A. Lubis, A, A., & Syahrial (2021). English Profiency Potraits of University Graduates in Indonesia . Asian EFL Journal Research Article. 28(2), 2.
Hasan, A. (2000). Learners’ Perceptions of Listening Comprehension Problems. Language,CultureandCurriculum,13,137153.ttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07908 310008666595
Hien, T.V. (2015). Difficulties and stategies in listeningcomprehension.Truong DaiHocLachong:LacHonguniversity.http://lhu.edu.vn/139/662/DIFFICULTIE S-AND- STRATEGIES- IN -LISTENING COMPREHENSION-TRINH-VINH-HIEN-03AV4.html. (Retrived on November 15th , 2016)
Pratiwi, L (2017). An analysis of the difficulties encountered by non-English department student’s in toefl test of listening section(a case study at arabic education department iain smh banten). Tadris Bahasa Inggris. UIN SMH Banten. http://repository.uinbanten.ac.id/613/
Rost, M. (2002). Teaching and researching listening. Great Britain: Pearson Education. Seferoglu & Uzakgoren, S. (2004). Equipping Learners with Listening Strategies in English Language Classes. Hacettepe University Faculty of Educational Journal, 27, 223-231.
Teng, H. C. (2002). An Investigation of EFL Listening Difficulties for Taiwanese College Students. Selected Papers from the Eleventh International Symposium on English Teaching/ Fourth Pan-Asian Conference (pp.526-533). Taipei: Crane.
Underwood, M. (1989). Teaching listening. New York: Longman
Yagang, F. (1994) Listening: Problems and Solutions. In T. Kral (Ed.), Teacher Development: Making the Right Moves. Washington, DC: English Language Programs Division, USIA.