Thesis entitled “Investigating The Difficulties in Listening Class: Voice of The 3rd Semester ELT Department Students of Univeritas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto” discussed about the difficulties faced by 3rd semester ELT Department students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto in listening class. The aim of the study was to describe the difficulty that are mostly faced by third semester student of English Teaching Department Student of Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto in listening class.
Survey research was used to find the problems that students faced in listening class. The research was conducted in Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. The population of this stud was third semester ELT Department students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. The number of population was 102 students from three classes. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample and the sample consists of 41 students. Data was gathered by questionnaire.
The result of analyzing the difficulties in listening class voice of third semester ELT Department students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto showed that listening is very difficult skill for students who study foreign language. It was based on three factors influencing their listening were listening material, listeners and speaker, and physical setting. Therefore, varieties of accent, speed of delivery, unclear speak, noise , lack of concentration, and bad quality of equipment were major problems encountered by students’ English Teaching Department.