USING COOPERATIVE LEARNING METHOD TO IMPROVE LISTENING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA SRIJAYA NEGARA PALEMBANG
Daftar Isi:
- The objectives of this study were to find out whether or not: (1) There was a significant difference in students’ listening comprehension achievement between before and after the tenth grade students in SMA Srijaya Negara Palembang were taught by using Cooperative Learning method., (2) Teaching listening using Cooperative Learning Method had significant difference on listening comprehension achievement of the tenth grade students in SMA Srijaya Negara Palembang who were taught by using Cooperative Learning Method and those who are not. The samples of this study were 64 tenth grade students who were divided into two groups, that is, experimental and control groups. Each group had 32 students who were selected by using purposive sampling method. To collect the data, each group was given pretest and posttest. The data were analyzed by using paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test using SPSS version 21. The standard error means of the pre-test and post-test was 2.690. The significant result was also supported by the value of 0.00 (2-tailed) in which was lower than 0.05 (0.000 < 0.05), and t-obtained was higher than t-table (10.478 > 2.040). It means that the mean difference in the pre-test and the post-test in the experimental group was significantly different. It can be stated that the null hypothesis (Ho1) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha1) was accepted. In conclusion, Cooperative Learning method was effective to in teaching listening for the tenth grade students of SMA Srijaya Negara Palembang.