@thesis{thesis, author={HARIADI HARIADI}, title ={DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY EFL STUDENTS IN LISTENING SKILL}, year={2019}, url={http://eprints.hamzanwadi.ac.id/3077/}, abstract={ABSTRACT In this study the present researcher focused on the difficulties encountered by EFL students in listening skill of the fourth semester of Hamzanwadi University. The present researcher used descriptive qualitative as the research design. The data were collected by using interview, questionnaire, and observation among 20 students of the fourth semester of English Language Education Department. The present researcher found there were some problems faced by the students; those were lack vocabulary, the accent of the speaker, the unsustainable tools, the noise sound from outside, the noise from the other students, and the speed of speaker in the recording. To solve the problems in listening, the students have to practice in listening audio that is not too hard to understand, and stop the audio for a moment they don‟t know or can‟t remember the meaning. Key words: difficulties in listening skill} }