CONCLUSIONS
The Business English Program at Bangkok University stated various factors
that cause problems in listening. Most of the respondents have studied English for 710 years. However, listening to various speakers or from various sources can still be
problem for them. From this study, most of them neither take IELTS examination nor
other English courses.
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The three significant factors that affect to listen related to the text were the
slang, idiom expression, unfamiliar words, and the long text. The students were not
used to these factors since they only use English in the class. They have less
opportunity to talk to foreigners outside the class. It would be effective if they listen
more often, either from movies, or news. Moreover, they also faced problems when
the speaker speaks too fast. They have to ask the speaker to speak slower in order to
understand the message they are going to convey.
The most significant factor related to the physical setting that lead to listening
problem is the noise. The background and environmental noise play a major role in
this case since they might annoy the students while they are studying in the class.
Most of the students felt that it was quite difficult to understand the text from the first
listening since there were a lot of specific business terms that they were not familiar
with them. What they have done when facing this situation is that they are going to
review the chapter at home and try to understand it.
As a result, they have to stress out their weaknesses that cause listening
problems. They found out that they did not practice enough. However, they admitted
that the more they practice listening, the more they understand the messages.