| dc.description.abstract | The success of learning a foreign language is to develop the main skills of students which are listening, speaking, reading and writing. Listening is considered as the most essential skill that participates in developing the rest of skills. This study investigates some factors which influence the progress of the listening comprehension skill of first year students (English Dept) college of Arts at AL- Mergib University. In this study the researcher sheds light on difficulties of developing the listening skill. This research is based on a descriptive analysis and it is basically an identification of the difficulties and obstacles that face students in improving their listening abilities. This is based on the hypothesis that some of the students who encounter some problems in developing their listening skill. The major discussion of this study is that listening skill influenced by different factors. Finally, the findings of this project show that students face various factors which affect the progress of their listening comprehension skill. Also it clarifies that these difficulties result from external and internal factors; such as, problems related to concentration and focusing for a long period of time, challenge connected to speed of the speech which plays an important role in the progress of students' ability to listen. Also it shows that the environmental factors have a great influence on the development of students' listening ability. | en_US |
