Listening Skill Difficulties Encountering Sudanese University Students

Abstract

This research is entitled (Listening Skills Difficulties Encountering Sudanese University students). It aims to investigate the problems of listening skill and find suitable solutions for these difficulties, also of the importance of the listening for (E.F.L) learners in acquiring English language, it does not find enough care at university level, so this study aims to find out the reason behind these obstacles. The researcher adopted descriptive, statistical, empirical and analytical approach. The data is collected by using two tools, a test for fifty (50) student of third year and a questionnaire for twenty (20) teachers at Sudan University of Sciences and Technology Faculty of Education, Languages Department – English Section. The result of this study: • University students find some difficulties in listening to English language comprehensively. There are many reasons behind these difficulties such as: • There are no effective techniques of teaching listening to improve listening skill. • Teachers don’t use proper equipments or tools for teaching listening skills because they are not available.