Factors Affecting English Listening Comprehension Perceived by Thai Learners
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This study aimed at exploring the factors believed to affect Thai learners' English listening comprehension. The participants were 44 Thai undergraduate students who studied in a university where English is used as the main medium of instruction in Thailand. The instruments were questionnaires to reveal what the students perceived as factors affecting their English listening comprehension. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and compared with previous studies. It was found that most of the students in this study deemed vocabulary knowledge and the speed of the speech as the factors that affect their English listening comprehension while less than a half of them thought of accents of the speakers, grammatical knowledge, and knowledge of the contents as factors that affect their comprehension. This study could help raise teachers' awareness of what the learners believe and shed light on directions for developing teaching materials to enhance their listening skills, which is the project's next phase.
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