VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES BA THESIS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CURRENT SITUATION OF USING MULTIMEDIA IN LEARNING LISTENING SKILLS OF THE FIRST-YEAR ENGLISH MAJORS AT VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE KHẢO SÁT THỰC TRẠNG SỬ DỤNG CÔNG NGHỆ ĐA PHƯƠNG TIỆN TRONG HỌC KỸ NĂNG NGHE TIẾNG ANH CỦA SINH VIÊN NĂM THỨ NHẤT NGÀNH NGÔN NGỮ ANH TẠI HỌC VIỆN NÔNG NGHIỆP VIỆT NAM Student: TO THI THUONG Student code: 621276 Major: ENGLISH Supervisor: NGUYEN THI HUONG, M.A Hanoi – 2021 i CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I, the undersigned, hereby certify my authority of the study project report entitled "An investigation into the current situation of using multimedia in learning listening skills of the first-year English majors at Vietnam National University of Agriculture" submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor in English Language. Except where the reference is indicated, no other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the text of the thesis. Hanoi, 2021 To Thi Thuong Approved by SUPERVISOR (Signature and full name) Date: …………………… ii ABSTRACT Listening comprehension plays an important role in the language teaching and learning process. In an attempt to enhance first year English majors' listening comprehension in English listening class at VNUA, this paper is practiced. The study aims to find out the current situation of first-year English majors at VNUA in using multimedia tools in learning English; then offer solutions to improve students' listening comprehension. The author used questionnaire and interviews as the principal sources of data. Analyze of these data indicated that the multimedia tools really helped enhance students' listening comprehesion. The students were found to have been attracted to the listening when the teachers used multimedia tools in teaching. Based on the findings of this study, some pratical recommendations in application of these tools for teaching listening skill were presented.