| dc.description.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. | en_US |
