Listening comprehension difficulties as perceived by

This paper reports the findings of a study into foreign language lectures conducted at tertiary level. The study investigated lecture comprehension problems of first year students listening to lectures in a FL subject matter classroom. Data was collected regarding the lecture comprehension difficulties of these students by means of a short open-ended questionnaire and interview. The analysis of the data provides an index of linguistic, conceptual, discourse, acoustic, environmental and psychological variables that hinder effective comprehension. The results of the study have implications for both EFL teachers and subject matter lecturers in the particular setting in which it was conducted as well as in similar FL tertiary levels