Listening factors on english language comprehension among grade 7 of father saturninourios University, Philippines
International Journal of Development Research
Listening factors on english language comprehension among grade 7 of father saturninourios University, Philippines
Received 20th December, 2017; Received in revised form 29th January, 2018; Accepted 27th February, 2018; Published online 30th March, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Petervir A. Paz. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The study aimed to know the listening comprehension factors on learning English language of Grade 7 students at Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU), Butuan City, Philippines. The socio-economic profile of the participants and the listening levels such as content, critical, and appreciative were sought. It presented the participants’ listening comprehension factors that determine their listening level for learning English language such as listening to English programs on TV, adequacy of listening instruction, and engaging in interaction using English language as medium. The study made use of the descriptive- survey technique for 130 respondents. It utilized frequency count and percentage distribution, mean and standard deviation, t-test, and analysis of variance. The study found out that the respondents’ critical and appreciative levels of listening required attention, their profile variables of the students do not affect their listening comprehension levels, and their listening factors do not affect much to listening comprehension levels. It gave way to deal with the listening levels of the respondents that were week and required remedy from English teachers and School administrator.