Listening comprehension difficulties of 11th grade students at the luis dobles segreda high school of San Jose

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore difficulties in listening comprehension of English Language do 11th grade students encounter at the Luis Dobles Segreda High School from August 2020 To March 2021. Listening comprehension is a complex process that acquires great importance for people who are learning a second language, that is why it is important to recognize why students cannot recognize well what is being spoken in front of them and take exercises based on it. From this perspective, it is important to recognize the difficulties in understanding what the teacher is playing in the classroom. In addition to this, students claim to find complications when listening to what they like to hear, like movies, songs and video games. Those factors have an impact on students who have difficulties with listening comprehension in English, thus leading to poor performance and poor expectations of the English language.