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Questionnaire about Listening Comprehension

Challenges and Use of Strategies

The purpose of this questionnaire is to investigate the main listening


comprehension difficulties that second year ENSB students encounter and their
use of strategies.

The following questions have no correct or wrong answers, so you answer them
according to your opinions and preference.

Put a tick ( ) in front of the appropriate answers:

1. What is your gender?


a. Male
b. Females

2. How old are you?


a. 17
b. 18
c. 19
d. 20 or above

3. Classify the following language skills according to your preference (with


numbers):
a. Speaking ( )
b. Listening ( )
c. Reading ( )
d. Writing ( )

4. Do you think you are good at listening in the English language?


a. Yes
b. No

Why/ why not? :….……………………………………………………


………………………………………………………………………….
5. What are the listening comprehension difficulties that you face?
……………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………

6. Rank the following statements based on the extent to which they affect
your listening comprehension, starting from the most serious condition to
the least serious one (with numbers):
A) I feel anxious when the listening task is complicated ( )
B) I feel anxious when I don't have background knowledge about the
topic ( )
C) I feel anxious when I don't know the goal of the listening task( )

7. What did you use to do to control your stress in those situations?


……………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………

8. Rank the following statements based on the extent to which they affect
your listening comprehension, starting from the most serious condition to
the least serious one (with numbers):
A) I get confused when the speakers are numerous in the listening tape( )
B) I get confused when the speaker moves from one idea to another
without transition ( )
C) I get confused when the speaker's voice is unclear ( )

9. What did you use to do to clear your confusion?


……………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………….

10. Rank the following statements based on the extent to which they affect
your listening comprehension, starting from the most serious condition to
the least serious one( with numbers):
A) I lose concentration when I don't understand some of the speaker's
words ( )
B) I lose concentration when the listening speech or text is long( )
C) I lose concentration when the speaker makes pauses ( )
11. What did you use to do to get your attention back?
……………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………

12. I am unable to understand fast speech.


a. Strongly agree
b. Agree
c. Neutral
d. Disagree
e. Strongly disagree

13. I have a listening difficulty because of my deficiency in Phonetics.


a. Strongly agree
b. Agree
c. Neutral
d. Disagree
e. Strongly disagree

14. The teacher's instructions facilitate my listening comprehension.


a. Strongly agree
b. Agree
c. Neutral
d. Disagree
e. Strongly disagree

15. What are the main strategies you use to complete the listening task? You
can choose more than one option.
a. Taking notes
b. Writing summaries
c. Asking for repetition or clarification
d. Translating every word to your mother tongue
e. You skip the unfamiliar words and look for the general idea of the
listening task.
f. You relate the listening task to your previous experiences.
g. You look for keywords and try to link them together (making
inferences).
h. Others: ………………………………………………………………

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