Listening Comprehension Skills in English of Intermediate Pupils of Tagaytay City Central School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Listening has become an important part of many foreign language programs in terms of second language acquisition. This study focused on listening comprehension skills in English because the researcher believed that listening comprehension has long been neglected and overlooked. It was necessary to help learners improve their listening skills and teachers must understand their listening difficulties and instruct effective strategies. Teachers should know how to incorporate listening into teaching and provide opportunities both inside and outside the classroom for them to be exposed to significant listening output.

METHODS

This study employed a descriptive survey design using a questionnaire. One hundred (100) intermediate pupil-respondents were selected by random sampling using the fishbowl technique. The researcher used frequency counts and percentage for the profile of the respondents, weighted mean and ranking to perceive the listening comprehension skills in English, and t-Test to determine the significant difference in the responses of respondents when they were grouped according to their profile variables and to determine the significant difference in the responses of the two groups of respondents with regard to listening comprehension skills.

RESULTS

Grade 5 pupils agreed while Grade 6 pupils disagreed on their listening comprehension skills as to the content of the lesson. Both respondents agreed on their listening comprehension skills as to listening ability and attention span.There is no significant difference in the responses of respondents regarding their listening comprehension skills when they are grouped according to their profile variables. There was no significant difference between the responses of the two groups of respondents regarding their listening comprehension skills.

DISCUSSIONS

The results and findings of the study imply that learners should be encouraged to always have a positive outlook on the importance of listening regardless of their age and gender. Pupils should participate and work together with the guidance of English teachers to improve their listening comprehension skills. Teachers should utilize different accessible places in the school during listening lessons and varied strategies. These strategies should be included in the in-service training to improve the knowledge of teachers on teaching listening.