Table of content
LISTS OF FIGURES AND ABBREVIATION
Part one: Introduction
Part two: Development
Chapter 1: Literature Review
1.1. Listening
1.1.1 Definitions of listening
1.1.2. Definitions of listening comprehension
1.1.3. Sources of listening difficulty
1.2. Listening TOEIC test
1.2.1. Test
1.2.2. TOEIC test
1.3 Summary
Chapter 2: Methodology
2.1. The setting of the study
2.1.1. Participants
2.1.2 Materials and current English study situation
2.2 Data collection instruments
2.2.1 Questionnaires
2.2.2 Semi-structured interviews
2.2.3. Observation
2.3 Data collection procedures
2.3.1 Delivering questionnaires
2.3.2 Holding the semi-structured interviews
2.3.3. Carrying out the observations.
2.4 Data analysis procedure
2.5 Summary
Chapter Iii: Results and discussion
3.1. What are Vimaru freshmen’s attitudes towards TOEIC Listening?
3.1.1. Reading Comprehension vs. Listening Comprehension in TOEIC test
3.1.2. Vimaru freshmen’s attitudes towards TOEIC Listening
3.1.3. Vimaru freshmen’s feelings when taking TOEIC listening test
3.2. What are Vimaru freshmen’s current study situation and performance
on TOEIC listening test?
3.2.1. Vimaru freshmen’s results in semester 1- TOEIC test
3.2.2. Difficult parts of TOEIC Listening perceived by Vimaru freshmen.
3.2.3. Vimaru freshmen’s strategies while doing TOEIC Listening test
3.2.4. Vimaru freshmen’s habits before doing TOEIC listening test
3.2.5. Vimaru freshmen’s habits while doing TOEIC listening test
3.2.6. Vimaru freshmen’s habits when they cannot listen to TOEIC test
3.2.7. TOEIC practice before taking the final test
3.2.8. Factors caused difficulties in doing TOEIC listening test
3.3. What are linguistic factors affecting Vimaru freshmen’s performances
on TOEIC listening?
3.4. What are non - linguistic factors affecting Vimaru freshmen’s
performances on TOEIC listening?
3.5. What are Vimaru freshmen’s suggestions for improving TOEIC listening
skill?
3.6. What are Vimaru freshmen’s expectations to improve TOEIC listening
results?
3.7 Summary
Part three: Conclusion
1. Summaries of the major findings
1.1. Vimaru freshmen’s attitudes towards Listening TOEIC
1.2. Vimaru freshmen’s current study situation and performance on TOEIC
listening test
1.3. Linguistic factors affecting Vimaru freshmen’s performances on TOEIC
listening test
1.4. Non-linguistic factors affecting Vimaru freshmen’s performances on
TOEIC listening test
1.5. Students’ suggestions and expectations to improve their TOEIC listening
results.
2. Pedagogical recommendations to improve students’ TOEIC listening results
2.1. Recommendations for the English study in the class
2.2. Recommendations for the facilities
2.3. Recommendations for the final TOEIC-based listening test
3. Limitations of the study
4. Recommendations for further related study
References
Appendices