2.1.3 Problem of listening skill
Listening play a vital role in people's daily lives. If they cannot hear it well, they will find it hard communicates. As a result, lack of listening comprehension might lead to the poor result.Wenden (1998) mentioned that the learner’s perception of their listening problem and strategies can affect their comprehension both positively.
On the other hand, Yagang (1994) stated that the problems in listening were accompanied with the four following factors: the messages, the speaker, the listener and the physical setting.
Moreover, Underwood (1989) pointed out other kinds of problems that are related to the students themselves. She summarizes that learners have to establish learning habit in the sense that they were encouraged by listening carefully to teachers who probably speak slowly and clearly.
Nguyen (2002) also stated problems that affect the listening comprehension. First of all people find it hard to understand proper names as they have never heard about it before or they have no background knowledge about what they are listening.
The second problem he stressed out is believed to rise from the unfamiliar, uninteresting and too long listening. The last one is about the sound connections and intonation spoken by native speaker with different accents.
Goh (2000) reported that listeners complained about the problems such as "quickly forget what is heard". "unable to term a mental representation from words heard", and "do not understand subsequent parts of input because of earlier problem"
One of the principal skills which listeners must develop if they would like to participate successfully in conversation is the ability to identify the topic conversation.
Hatch (1978) Stated that identifying the topic accurately enough to make an immediate relevant reply is apparently a very hard task. He also illustrated how learner a dealt with the problem of topic clarification by using verbal expression such as "huh?" or "excuse me?" to indicate that they are having difficulties in knowing how to response. At the end, he concluded that people might need to reconsider the traditional view of what it is the listener has to do in listening comprehension, at least in the case of face-to-face.