Elf Learners‟ Attitude and Practice of Learning Listening Skills and Factors Affecting Their Learning Grade 8 Students Dureso Donke Primary School in Focus

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to EFL learners’ attitude and practice learning listening skill and factors affecting their learning Dureso Donke primary school focus on grade eight. The researcher employed descriptive survey design to gather quantitative and qualitative data from respondents. The population of the study was 104 grade eight students and 4 EFL teachers. The researcher selected 30 student samples using systematic random sampling. For students, the researcher used comprehensive sampling for the questionnaires. For interview and observation, three sample teachers were used. Observation, questionnaires and interview were the main data gathering instruments for this study. The findings of the study reveal that EFL learners’ attitude and practice learning listening skill and factors affecting their learning; however, they practiced the listening lessons activities presented in grade eight EFL textbook rarely. In addition, their practices of listening skill lessons were low. Moreover, teachers’ interview data showed that students and material related factors were the major problems hindering the teaching learning of listening skill lessons in grade 8 EFL classes. The focus of this study was EFL learners’ attitude, practices and factors affecting learning listening skills they encounter: Dureso Donke primary school, grade Eight in focus. Listening problems related to listener originated from student’s poor English proficiency such as limited English vocabulary, lack of back ground knowledge of spoken text, poor knowledge of grammar.