A Research Into Dificulties In Listening Skills Encountered By First- Year Students In English Faculty Of University Of Foreign Language Studies, The University Of Da Nang And The Effectiveness Of Applying Effortless Listening Techniques To Improve Their Listening Skills

Abstract

Listening is one of the four abilities that play a crucial role in the process of language learning, particularly in English, because it helps students improve their pronunciation and build effective communication skills. Listening is always regarded as one of the most challenging skills for non-English majors, followed by speaking and reading. To attain good outcomes, a regimen of hard effort, frequent, and long-term practice is required. The purpose of this research is to find out the difficulties in listening skills of first-year students of FE-UFLS-UD, thereby proposing for Effortless listening method as a recommendation for first-year students’s amendment.