Remedial

LISTENING

Factors
affecting students
LISTENING COMPREHENSION

I N T E R N A L F A C T O R

- refer to the learner characteristics, language proficiency, memory, age, gender, background knowledge as well as aptitude, motivation, and psychological and physiological factors.

E X T E R N A L F A C T O R

- are mainly related to the type of language input and tasks and the context in which listening occurs.

Internal Factors
1. Problems in language proficiency (problems in phonetics and phonology: phonetic discrimination and phonetic varieties ; problems in grammar; and lexicological problems. 2. Poor background knowledge. 3. Lack of motivation to listen. 4. Psychological factors 5. Other internal factors (age, attention span, memory span, reaction and sensitivity)

External Factors
1. Speed of delivery and different accents of the speakers. 2. The content and task of listening materials. 3. Context refers to the spatial-temporal location of the utterance , i.e. on the particular time and particular place at which the speaker makes an utterance and the particular time and place at which the listener hears or reads the utterance.

4. Co-text another major factor influencing the interpretation of meaning.

It refers to the linguistic context or the textual environment provided by the discourse or text in which a particular utterance occurs. Co-text constrains the way in which we interpret the response. Here we can infer that the person is not going to a picnic by judging from the co-text. A. Are you coming going to Baguio with us? B. I have a paper to finish by Monday.

How to IMPROVE Students

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Teach

Pronunciation,

Stress, and

Intonation

of the critical sounds of English

Practice

Sound Discrimination,

Liasions, and

Incomplete Plosives

Recognize

Stressed, and

Unstressed Words

Enrich

Vocabulary

Teach
Grammar

Practice

Inferring information not directly stated

Improve

Skills in predicting

Teach

Note-taking Skills

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Prepared and Reported by: ALFREVILYN E. GERMINO