Influence of Attitude and Gender on Listening Comprehension of Senior Secondary School Students in Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract

Poor performance in comprehension has been an issue attracting the attention of researchers and language educators. Several factors have been adduced to be responsible for this trend. Chief among these are the students’ attitude and gender.  A total sample of one hundred and twenty participants were randomly selected and assigned to attitudinal groups.  Questionnaires that contained attitude and Listening Comprehension tests were used to collect data which were tested at 0.05 level  of significance. Results showed that Attitude to listening and gender significantly predicted listening comprehension as female performed better than male participants.

Keywords: attitudes, gender, listening performance and comprehension