TALKS: THE MOST CHALLENGING PART IN TOEFL LISTEI\ING SECTION: A CASE STUDY
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2010-08
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Jurnal Sastra Inggris, Program Studi Sastra Inggris Fakultas Sastra Universitas Kristen Maranatha Bandung, Volume 10, Nomor 1
Abstract
This 'research investigates the major problems in TOEfL
' Listening Compro_hension. The, study is. con.ducted ,to ,1)
identiff the most diffrcult part in TOEFL Listening section, 2)
explore factors affecting th.e diffrculties, and 3) find out thg
students' strategies in cbping with the'difficulties. TWelve
language students have participated in this research. Seven of
them are the 76 sonlester S.1 students,majoring English and.
five of them are the 5ft semester D.3 students majoring'
Japanese. Data are collected through three instruments: test
rEsults, questionnaires, and interviews. The results of the
study reveal that l) the most difficult.part of the liste.ning
section is Talks (Part C); 2) the fectors affecting the
difficulties cover analysis-leveled type of questions,
in-frequent vocabularies, speed delivery and very academlc
talks; and 3) the popular sfrategy used isrguessing.
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TOEFL listening, Difficulties, Affecting Factors, Strategies