Factors Affecting Students’

Listening Comprehension
Bayle, Precious Ann R.
Oca, Jei
Listening is the most neglected
skill yet the most used in the
communication process
Manzano (2015)
 80%
of our waking hours engaged in some form
of communication.

9% 16% 30% 45%

Writing Reading Speaking Listening
Listening is an active process
by which stundents receive,
construct meaning from and
respond to spoken or
nonverbal messages
Emmert (1994)
 Factors
• Internal • External
It refers to the learner Mainly related to the type
characteristics, language, of language input and task
proficiency, memory, age, and the context in which
gender, background listening occurs.
knowledge, aptitude,
motivation, psychological,
and physiological factors.
 Internal Factors

Language Poor Lack of Psychological and

Background physiological
Proficiency Knowledge motivation factors

Diverse Schema Engage

students Well-being
 External Factors
1- Speed 2- Accent 3- Content 4- Context 5- Co-text

Speech Rate Pronunciation Words with

Difficult Interpretation
- too fast Enunciation multiple
topics of meaning
- too slow Diction meanings
= Confusion
 Co-text
A. Are you going to Baguio with us?
B. I have a paper to finish by
Monday.
Thank you for
listening!