Exploring Efl Students’ Challenges on The Use of Audio- Visual Aids in Listening Courses: A Survey Study

Abstract

This research aims to investigate undergraduate students listening challenges in the use of audio-visual aids at a private university in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This study uses quantitative research in the form of a survey study. The questionnaire of this study is adapted from (Diora & Rosa, 2020; Al Jawad, 2021), which consists of 26 statements. The respondents are from the English Language Education Department class of 2020 and are already taking a listening course, with a total of 84 respondents. The results of this study showed that students experienced difficulties in listening skills, and participants felt difficulty with different accents, speed of delivery, foreign words, and listening without using a script (M= 1.87; SD= 0.704). Apart from that, the causes of students experiencing difficulties in listening skills are feeling embarrassed to ask the lecturer, feeling embarrassed towards their friends around them when they cannot understand the material, and not focusing (M= 1.14; SD= 0.350). The findings imply that lecturers must adapt and improve listening material, provide new vocabulary knowledge to students, provide variations in language accents, improve their pronunciation from native speakers, build students' knowledge by providing the latest topics, provide several strategies in listening, and always provide motivation to students.