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The purpose of this research was to identify the listening comprehension strategies used by sixth-semester students at the State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Kerinci in the Academic Year 2024/2025. It also aimed to explore the students' perceptions of the effectiveness of the listening comprehension strategies they employed at IAIN Kerinci, as well as to identify the challenges faced by sixthsemester students of the English Education Department in applying these strategies.

The increasing trend of positive cases of COVID-19 causes anxiety in the general public and certain groups of people. A study identified high levels of anxiety among respondents related to COVID-19, where more than 80 % of them were preoccupied with thoughts about COVID-19, 72 % worried about themselves and those closest to them during the pandemic, and 40 % were paranoid with the contagious mind of COVID-19. The COVID-19 Pandemic also affects the psychological aspects of students (Cao et al., 2020), as well as being a major challenge to mental health of older adults (Yang et al., 2020).