Difficulties that teachers of English encounter while teaching listening comprehension and their attitudes towards them

Other Title(s)

الصعوبات التي يواجهها معلمو اللغة الإنجليزية في تدريس الاستيعاب السمعي و آراؤهم نحوها

Dissertant

al-Rawashidah, Yahya Isam

Thesis advisor

al-Zayid, Nurma Nawwaf

Comitee Members

Abd al-Latif, Majid
al-Abbas, Sulayman Awwad

University

Middle East University

Faculty

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of English

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2015

English Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the difficulties that encountered teachers of English while teaching listening comprehension and their attitudes towards listening comprehension in Karak schools.

To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used two instruments, a teacher's questionnaire and informal interviews.

In order to answer the questions of the study: -What are the difficulties that teachers encounter while teaching listening comprehension? -What are the teachers' attitudes towards English listening comprehension? A questionnaire was distributed to 55 participants, and the questionnaire items designed to exploring the difficulties that encountered teachers in teaching listening comprehension.

Another convenience sample was used informal interviews.

It consisted of seven teachers of English and they answer three questions.

The interview questions aimed at exploring the teachers' attitudes towards teaching listening comprehension.

The results revealed regarding the questionnaire that covered three domains.

Ratios ranged between low for problems related to teacher's proficiency mean up to2.81 and medium for problems related to teaching environment mean up to 3.32 and availability of sources and teaching aids mean up to 3.04.

The most important problems that consider to be major obstacle in applying the Listening comprehension skill; number of students in the class, the lack of tools such as CD and tapes which are related to authentic materials, the lack of teachers' motivation towards teaching listening comprehension and lack in teachers proficiency .

The attitudes of teachers towards listening comprehension were very negative, because teachers believe that most of the academic stages do not need to activate this skill, and lack of accessories that came with the curriculum related to listening comprehension skill.

As the lack of students' motivation affect negatively on the teachers motivation in teaching listening comprehension.

There should be special rooms at schools that one equipped well and designed for listening classes and they should be free of sound and conducting further research on the best methods used in teaching listening comprehension are some recommendations that this study suggested.

Main Subjects

Languages & Comparative Literature

No. of Pages

76

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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-691722