Problems In Teaching Listening To The Eleventh Grade Students Of Taman Siswa Vocational School In Academic Year 2016/2017

Listening comprehension is probably the most difficult task for almost all learners of English as a foreign language.There are three mainproblems related to teaching listening. Those are students’ comprehension, students’ motivation, and the availability of teaching and resources. Those three problems may be derived from any parties, the teachers, the students, or event from the related institution. In Taman Siswa Vocational School especially for the eleventh grade students, they have the difficulty in listening. This is because they have limited vocabulary, even they tend to be reluctant when they should study English. Those are the statement that one of the teacher said about those students. In this study, the writer only focuses on what problems faced by the English teachers in teaching listening. The purpose of this research is to figure outthe problems faced by the English teachers when teaching listening of Eleventh Grade Students to the Taman Siswa Vocational School in academic year 2016/2017. This study is a qualitative research. The data is the transcription of the interview done with the teachers, and the data source is theEnglish teachers of eleventh grade students of Taman Siswa Vocational School. The finding of the researchshows that both teachers have experienced the similar problem when teaching listening that is in dealing with students’ comprehension, students’ motivation, and the availability of teaching and resources. Although there still be found that the students do not understand and interpret it well, the teachers have tried to use the strategy, like question answer, game etc. Based on the finding above, the researcher concludes that the English teacher in eleventh grade students face the problem when teaching listening. Hence, the writer also suggests the teacher to initiate students’ motivation by giving various kind of learning activities