LISTENING STRATEGIES USED BY THE ENGLISH-MAJORED STUDENTS AT TAY DO UNIVERSITY

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Listening is one of the essential skills in learning a foreign language. Some students can listen to English very well because they use proper listening strategies, but many students cannot. This study aimed to investigate frequency of using listening strategies used by English-majored students at Tay Do University. There were nineteen English majored students were randomly selected to participate in this study through an interview. The interview questions involve the use of strategies when listening to English such as keyword strategy, inferring based on background knowledge and guessing the meaning of words based on the context. The results of this study show that all strategies were helpful to students. However, the frequency with which the strategies were used is quite different. The strategies of using keyword and guessing the meaning of words based on context were used more than inferring based on background knowledge. Through this research, a few suggestions were given to help the students in their listening process.

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