Master minor programme thesis English linguistics: Difficulties encountered in the toeic listening test by the second year students at university of economics and business administration Thai Nguyen university

The purpose of the study is to investigate the TOEIC listening comprehension difficulties encountered by the second-year students at University of Economics and Business Administration, Thai Nguyen University, identify the factors that lead to such difficulties and suggest solutions to help students overcome these problems.
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Master minor programme thesis English linguistics: Difficulties encountered in the toeic listening test by the second year students at university of economics and business administration Thai Nguyen university VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ***************** DƯƠNG THANH HẢO DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN THE TOEIC LISTENING TEST BY THE SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY NHỮNG KHÓ KHĂN KHI LÀM BÀI THI NGHE TOEIC CỦA SINH VIÊN NĂM THỨ 2 TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC KINH TẾ VÀ QUẢN TRỊ KINH DOANH THÁI NGUYÊN M.A. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field : English Teaching Methodology Code : 60140111 Hanoi – 2016 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ***************** DƯƠNG THANH HẢO DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN THE TOEIC LISTENING TEST BY THE SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY NHỮNG KHÓ KHĂN KHI LÀM BÀI THI NGHE TOEIC CỦA SINH VIÊN NĂM THỨ 2 TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC KINH TẾ VÀ QUẢN TRỊ KINH DOANH THÁI NGUYÊN M.A. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field : English Teaching Methodology Code : 60140111 Supervisor : Assoc.Prof. Dr. Lâm Quang Đông Hanoi – 2016 DECLARATION I declare that this minor thesis entitled “Difficulties encountered in the TOEIC listening test by the second-year students at University of Economics and Business Administration, Thai Nguyen University” submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts is the results of my own work and that is thesis does not contain material which has been accepted for the award of any degree or diploma in any university, nor does it contain material previously published or written by any other person, except where due reference is made in the text of the thesis. Hanoi, 2016 Duong Thanh Hao i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In the process of doing my research paper, I have received a lot of help and encouragement from teachers and colleagues. First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere thanks to my supervisor Assoc.Prof. Dr. Lâm Quang Đông who has generously given me invaluable assistance and guidance. Without his help, this paper would not have been successfully completed. Secondly, my graduation subject now is completed successfully thanks to all teachers‟ support at University of Economics and Business Administration, Thai Nguyen University (TUEBA) who did their best to help me gather data from students‟ questionnaires. Besides, my sincere thanks are also extended to all the students who helped me fulfill the survey questions and interviews. Finally, I am grateful to my family and friends who have given me much encouragement throughout. ii ABSTRACT The study investigates difficulties in TOEIC listening comprehension encountered by a group of sophomore students of TUEBA. 50 sophomores at TUEBA were selected for the study. The data were gathered by means of students‟ listening test papers, questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The results of the study showed that general linguistic ability, background knowledge and facilities were the major TOEIC listening comprehension difficulties encountered by second-year students at TUEBA. While doing the TOEIC test, the study‟s participants normally applied such strategies as guessing or predicting, identifying types of question in part 2, and listening for gist and details. On that basis, suggestions and recommendations were provided so as to deal with the problems. This work hopes to be useful for those who are interested in this subject and to pave the way for future studies in this field. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ................................................................................................... I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................. II ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................... III TABLE OF CONTENTS .....................................................................................IV LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................ VII PART A: INTRODUCTION............................................................................... 1 1. RATIONALE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................. 1 2. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ................................................................................ 1 3. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................. 2 4. SCOPE OF THE STUDY.......................................................................................... 2 5. METHODS OF THE STUDY .................................................................................... 2 6. ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS........................................................................... 2 PART B: DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................... 4 CHAPTER 1- LITERATURE REVIEW ............... ...