Abstract
Even though listening is often categorized as a passive activity, it is not a simple process as it may seem. There is an active process because in it. Listeners must focus on the spoken language and actively draw what message is being delivered. There are some factors that make a listener may need a lot of work to comprehend a spoken language such as colloquialism, accent, intonation, hesitation, word or phrase clusters, and content. Preliminary data gained from pre-observation at STMIK Prabumulih showed that the third semester students found themselves hard to acquire information from spoken language, hence it is necessary to find out the causes so that make an effort to develop their listening skills. The method used is descriptive research design. The result reveals that students encounter various kinds of listening problems in learning comprehension such as unfamiliar words, the length and of the spoken text, speed rate, lack of concentration and pronunciation, and the noises around come from both the background sound of the spoken language recording and environmental sound such as sound from outside classroom.
 
 Keywords: listening; comprehension; listening comprehension problems; descriptive
Highlights
The importance of listening skills is undeniable
Hamauda (2013) investigated the listening comprehension problems encountered by Saudi students in the EL listening classroom. He found out that accent, pronunciation, speed of speech, insufficient vocabulary, different accent of speakers, lack of concentration, anxiety, and bad quality of recording were the major listening comprehension problems encountered by EFL Saudi learners
The case study conducted by Ismail (2015) revealed that the students were aware of the importance of the listening skill, they found comprehension difficult, and this was due to the insufficient training in the high school, and the content of the listening text
Summary
The importance of listening skills is undeniable. People follow a conversation by receiving language inputs. He found out that accent, pronunciation, speed of speech, insufficient vocabulary, different accent of speakers, lack of concentration, anxiety, and bad quality of recording were the major listening comprehension problems encountered by EFL Saudi learners. The case study conducted by Ismail (2015) revealed that the students were aware of the importance of the listening skill, they found comprehension difficult, and this was due to the insufficient training in the high school, and the content of the listening text.
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