Improving the listening achievement of the third semester students of the English Department of State University of Malang through "the extensive listening activity" using podcast / Oktavia Widiastuti
| Main Author: | Widiastuti, Oktavia |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
| Terbitan: |
, 2011
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/58526/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Thesis.GraduatePrograminEnglishLanguageEducationStateUniversityofMalang.Advisors(1)Prof.BambangYudiCahyonoM.PdM.APh.D.(2)Dr.SriRachmajantiM.Pd.Dip.TESL.KeywordsListeningAchievementExtensiveListeningActivityPodcast.TheteachingofInterpretiveListeningintheEnglishDepartmentofStateUniversityofMalangtrainsstudentstolistentoaudiotapedlisteningmaterialsansweroptionalcomprehensionquestionsontheListeningtextbookanddiscussthequestions.Theresearcherfindsoutthatthestudentsfinddifficultiesinunderstandingnativespeechesorutteranceswhichcausethedifficultytoansweranddiscussthequestions.Moreoverthestudentsstatedthattheyneedmoretimetoimprovetheirlisteningachievementandtheyfinddifficultiestofacilitatethemselveswithappropriateandinterestinglisteningmaterials.ToovercometheseproblemstheExtensiveListeningActivitycombinedwithpodcasttheInternet-basedlisteningmaterialwasappliedincollaborativeactionresearch.ThisresearchwasintendedtoknowhowtheExtensiveListeningActivityusingpodcastcanimprovelisteningachievementofthestudents.ThetechniquerequiredthestudentstolistentochosenlisteningPodcastmaterialtoanswertheextensivelisteningworksheetsandtodiscusstheactivitiesinFacebooknote.Thelisteningachievementthatwasspecificallyimprovedwastheabilitytounderstandnativespeechesandtocomprehendmainideasandmessagesinatextandtoimprovestudentslisteninginvolvement.Theresearchfindingsshowedthepositiveimprovementofbothachievementandactivityinvolvementinthemajorityofthestudents.Theachievementgainofthestudentsdisplayedpositiveresultsasindicatedbytheincreaseofmeanscorewhichwas62.5inthepreliminarystudyandsteadilyincreasedto87.5inCycle1and91.25inCycle2revealingthatalmostallthestudentsscoredabove75out100points.ItmeansthatCycle2hadsuccessfullyverifiedtheresultandfindingsinCycle1.InregardwiththestudentsparticipationintheprocessofExtensiveListeningActivitytheanalysisofstudentsinvolvementobservationstudentslisteningworksheetsanswerandquestionnairedatademonstratedpositiveresultsinthatthestudentsparticipateactivelyduringtheExtensiveListeningActivityprocess.TheimprovementofthelisteningachievementcouldbeseenthroughthestudentsparticipationintheExtensivelisteningactivityprocessintwocyclesthedataobtainedfromstudentsinvolvementobservationandquestionnaireshowedpositiveresults.ThestudentsinvolvementinthefirstandsecondcyclesofExtensivelisteningactivitygraduallyimproved.ItshowedthatthestudentswereenthusiastictoimprovetheirlisteningachievementthroughtheExtensivelisteningactivityusingpodcastmoreoverthediscussioninFacebooknotesmadesomethingdifferentandtheycouldsharetheircommentsideasandopinionsinvirtualworld.Itisconcludedthatthestudentshadsuccessfullyimprovedtheirachievementintermsofunderstandingnativespeechesandtocomprehendmainideasandmessagesinatextandtheirlearningparticipationintermsofactiveandpositiveengagementinlearningprocess.BytheendofCycleoneandCycletwothestudentsespeciallytheweak-abilityandlessinvolvedgroupgainedsignificantimprovementintheachievementreflectingthattheprocessoflearninghadeffectivelytouchedthemaincausesoftheirlisteningdifficulties.SincetheextensivelisteningactivityispackagedwithpodcasttheInternet-basedlisteningmaterialEFLteachers/lecturersandthestudentsaresuggestedtobefamiliarwiththeusageofInternetwebsitesandothervirtualworldsmultimediasuchasFacebookande-mail.Extensivelisteningactivitywithpodcastscanbeanindependentlearningstrategytoimprovestudentslisteningachievement.TheycanselectanypodcastmaterialsfromthepodcastwebsiteaddressesandsharethepodcastwiththeirfriendsthroughFacebookTwitterorothersocialcommunitywebsites.