Teaching listening to EFL students at the University of Larbi Ben M'hidi
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2021
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Larbi Ben M’hidi University-Oum El Bouaghi
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The current study tends to explore the common problems and challenges faceb by EFLlearners and teachers during the listening activities and their attitudes towards the importance of the listening skill. It aims at offering answers to the research questions.
Ahypothesis have been set forwards. The hypothesis stated that both teachers and students agree that adisscussion of the main ideas in the post-listening phase would foster learners communicative comptence more than answering a set of comprehension questions. To test the validity of the formulated hypothesis, two questionnaires were used; one was dedicated to eleven (11) oral expression teachers from the departement of English. A second questionnaire was directly administered to one-hundred and twenty (120) first and second year students from the same departement. Fom the obtained results, it appears that teaching/learning in the Algerian universities is chellenging to both teachers and students.
Difficult listening material, unclear sound, and unintresting/difficult listening topics were the main problems faced by students. The majority of teachers were aware of these problems.
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Listening, Challenges, Post-listening phase