What makes listening difficult? Factors affecting second language listening comprehension

By Amber N. Bloomfield, S. Wayland, Elizabeth A Rhoades, Allison Blodgett, Jared Linck, S. Ross. 2010

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TEXT CHARACTERISTICS OF TASK INPUT AND DIFFICULTY IN SECOND LANGUAGE LISTENING COMPREHENSION (2013, background): “Because previous research has shown that pauses at natural boundaries facilitate comprehension (e.g., Blau, 1990 ), probably due to the increased processing time available (e.g., Buck, 2001 ), Bloomfi eld and colleagues have called for research that employs articulatory rate as well as measures of p”
Learners' Listening Comprehension Difficulties in English Language Learning: A Literature Review. (2016, background): “Bloomfield et al. (2010) and Walker (2014) expressed that one of the serious problems of listening comprehension is related to the pronunciation of words that is different from the way they appear in print.”
An Investigation of Listening Comprehension Problems Encountered by Saudi Students in the EL Listening Classroom (2013, background): “According to Amber Bloomfield et al (2011), noise or distortion in the audio signal interferes with listening comprehension for listeners.”
The Role of Task and Listener Characteristics in Second Language Listening. (2015, background): “…texts with greater lexical density—that is, a higher ratio of content words to the total word count—are expected to put more pressure on processing mechanisms (Bloomfield et al., 2010), because they carry more information due to the higher proportion of content words for the total amount of words.”