Abstract:
This study aims at investigating the difficulties encountered by EFL learners in listening . The researcher used descriptive and analytical approach to investigate the Issue. The tools used for gathering data were the test and questionnaire. The test was designed for 4th years students English languages at College of Languages at Sudan University of Science and Technology , academic year 2018 where as the questionnaire was designed for the teachers of the English language and College of Education at the same university. The programme of SPSS was used to compute and analyze these two sorts of test and questionnaire. The students were not able to understand native speakers, when they listened to native speaker’s speech. They have simple interesting in the scope of listening skill, and the students need more practices in the listening skill. They rarely use modern education technologies to develop their listening skill ,therefore they rarely listen to native speakers. The study recommends that students should be exposed to records of native speakers.
