A STUDY ON THE TEACHING TECHNIQUE OF LISTENING AT THE SECOND GRADE OF SMPN 1 SEMPU
THESIS
by:
Eka Fitria Karuniawati 201110100311136
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
A STUDY ON THE TEACHING TECHNIQUE OF LISTENING AT THE SECOND GRADE OF SMPN 1 SEMPU
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Language Education
by:
Eka Fitria Karuniawati 201110100311136
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO
“For indeed, with hardship (will be) ease. Indeed, with hardship (will be) ease. So when you have finished (your duties), then stand up (for worship). And to your
lord direct (your) longing. QS: Al-Insyirah : 5-8
“When there is a will, there is a way”
“The more we are grateful, the more happines we get “ -Eka Fitria Karuniawati-
DEDICATION
I dedicate this thesis especially to: My beloved Mother and Father My beloved Sister
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In the name of Allah, the Almight and Merciful. Praise is only to Allah, for all his abundant blessing, mercies, and guidance, so that the writer is able to complete this thesis writing.
The writer is fully aware that this thesis cannot be finished without other people’s help. Therefore, in this opportunity she would like to express her deep gratitude to the following:
1. Dr.Poncojari Wahyono, M.Kes, the dean of Faculty Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah Malang
2. Dr. Sudiran, M.Hum., the head of English Department.
3. Riski Lestiono, M.A, as the first advisor who has given her support, suggestion, criticism, guidance, and motivation for writing this thesis. He has done so much to help the writer finish this thesis.
4. Erlyna Abidasari, M.A., M.Ed, as the second advisor for her guidance, advice, and feedback in writing the thesis. Thanks a lot for the spending time and energy to revise the writer’s thesis.
5. The writer’s parents and family who always motivates, support, and prays for finishing this thesis.
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7. Dra. Nanik Dwi Rahayu M.Pd, the English teacher of SMPN 1 Sempu who helped the writer during the research in the process of collecting the data by observing and interview.
8. Students of VIII-A at SMPN 1 Sempu for their cooperation.
9. For all her friends in English Department students 2011 class C, especially Denok, Vee, Silvi, Ndari, Nena, Fia, Ismi, and Novi who always support and motivates the writer.
10.All people who cannot be mentioned one by one.
The writer realizes that this thesis is still far from being perfect. Therefore, suggestion is needed for the progress of the next study. The writer hopes that this research would be beneficial to the readers.
Malang, 26th of April 2016
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TABLE OF CONTENT
COVER ... i
APPROVAL PAGE ... ii
LEGALIZATION ... iii
STATEMENT OF WORK’S ORIGINALITY ... iv
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ... v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... vi
ABSTRACT ... viii
TABLE OF CONTENT ... ix
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study ... 1
1.2 Statement of the Problems ... 4
1.3 The purposes of the Study ... 5
1.4 The Significance of the Study ... 5
1.5 Scope and Limitation ... 6
1.6 Definition of Key Terms ... 6
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1. Definition of Teaching ... 8
2.2. Teaching Technique ... 9
2.3. Listening ... 10
2.4. Teaching Listening... 10
2.5. Stages in Teaching Listening ... 11
2.6. Techniques of Teaching Listening ... 12
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2.8. Ways to Cope with the Problems ... 18
CHAPTER 111 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1.Research Design ... 20
3.2.Research Subject ... 20
3.3.Instruments ... 21
3.3.1 Observation Checklist ... 21
3.3.2 Interview Guide ... 22
3.4.Data Collection ... 23
3.5.Data Analysis ... 24
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1.Research Findings ... 25
4.1.1 The Kinds of Technique Used by the Teacher in Teaching Listening for the Second Grade of SMPN 1 Sempu ... 26
4.1.1.1 The Result of Observation ... 26
4.1.1.2 The Result of Interview ... 27
4.1.2 The Problems Faced by the Teacher in Applying those Techniques in Teaching Listening for the Second Grade Students of SMPN 1 Sempu ... 33
4.1.3 The Ways Used by the Teacher to Cope with the Problems .... 37
4.2.Discussion ... 41
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1.Conclusion ... 45
5.2.Suggestions ... 46
5.2.1 For English Department Students ... 46
5.2.2 For English Teachers ... 46
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1 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
This chapter provides some points of discussion such as: background of the study, statement of the problems, purposes of the study, significant of the study, scope and limitation, and definition of key terms. Each section is presented as follows:
1.1The Background of the Study
People need language to communicate with others in their daily activities. An individual may be able to communicate with others using more than one language. In this globalization era, many people are able to speak foreign language, especially English. English is an international language that is used by people in the world from different countries to communicate each other. Accordingly, as a developing country, Indonesia includes English in education curriculum (Depdiknas, 2004). There has been English subject from elementary until university. Even in certain kindergarten, English has been taught.
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produce English orally. The last, writing skill requires the students to arrange the word to be a sentence, and then sentence to be a paragraph.
One aspect that is very important in learning English is listening. Practically, learning listening is not as easy as we think. Many people are often misunderstood by what their opposite speaker said. Apart from the perception that listening activity is quite boring, it is quite difficult to comprehend the spoken language which has different accent or dialect. According to Brown (2001 : 249), Listening is a psychomotor process of receiving sounds waves through the ear and transmitting nerve impulses to the brain. Therefore, listening has an important role in communication because listening is a way of the students to understand the information and it also helps them to practice pronunciation correctly. The students are able to understand English text better than to comprehend conversations because they have problems in listening. If they do not understand what they hear, there will be misunderstanding.
According to Cameron (2001), listening is the receptive use of language and since the goal is to make sense of the speech, the focus is on meaning rather than language. In this case, being a good listener is not easy. The listeners have to understand clear meaning and understand the spoken said.
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of a wide variety of exercises, activities, or devices used in the language classroom for realizing lesson objectives. Accordingly, technique cannot be separated from teachers in language classroom, and by using various techniques, English teachers can use many ways to teach listening, in order to make teaching listening much easier.
A previous research, conducted by Herlina (2007), investigated "A study on the teaching technique used by the teacher in teaching listening of the first year students at SMUN 2 Pamekasan". Her study showed that 72 % students gave positive responses toward the techniques used by the teacher in teaching listening using word repetition, dictation, keyword identification, summary, question and answer, and sentence completion techniques. While 28% students gave negative responses. Another finding was stated by Lestari (2010) in her reasearch that the techniques used by English teacher in teaching listening at SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Malang were answering question, guessing, whispering, dictation, songs and identification topic sentences. The teacher combined the techniques in order that the students could easily understand the lesson that the teacher taught. Based on those research findings, the solution to improve students’s low English ability depends on how the teacher uses the techniques in teaching listening.
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more advantageous techniques in teaching listening and it focuses on the beginner level students who are the second graders of SMPN 1 Sempu. It is very important for the beginner level students because it will train their English and prepare their readiness to listen to more complex listening sections.
From the explanation above, the researcher wanted to investigate the teaching techniques used by the teacher and the problems faced by the teacher in applying the techniques in teaching listening for the second grade students of SMPN 1 Sempu. There are some reasons for choosing SMPN 1 Sempu as the object of this study. First, the researcher chose the second grade of SMPN 1 Sempu because learning listening is not easy and the second grade students are already taught basic listening. Therefore, they should master listening skill in order to make them easier in acquiring the knowledge from the teachers. Second, based on the preliminary interview conducted in early 2015 with the students and the teacher, it was known that the teacher used various techniques to make the students more enthusiastic and fun to master English especially listening. It is very important to know the technique of teaching listening used by the teacher. This study will give a contribution for the quality of teaching learning process.
1.2The Statement of the Problems
1. What are kinds of techniques used by the teacher in teaching listening for the second grade students of SMPN 1 Sempu?
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3. What are the ways used by the teacher to cope with the problems?
1.3Purpose of the study
According to the formulation of the statement of problem, this study aims to investigate:
1. The kinds of techniques are used by the teacher in teaching listening for the second grade students of SMPN 1 Sempu
2. The problems faced by the teacher in applying those techniques in teaching listening for the second grade students of SMPN 1 Sempu
3. The ways used by the teacher to cope with the problem.
1.4The Significant of the Study
The writer expects that the result of this study will give contribution and information to:
1. English teacher of SMPN 1 Sempu
The result of the study is projected to be beneficial for English teacher. It is expected that the result of this study may give source information about the techniques in listening and make preparation to teach in order to get success in teaching learning process to their students.
2. Students
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For the next researcher, this study can be useful to provide teaching techniques for further research in the related subject.
1.5Scope and Limitation
The scope of this study is the teaching technique of teaching listening. More specifically focus on the kinds of techniques are used by the teacher in teaching listening for the second grade students of SMPN 1 Sempu, the problems faced by the teacher in applying those techniques in teaching listening for the second grade students of SMPN 1 Sempu, and the ways used by the teacher to cope with the problem. This study is limited on second grade students of SMPN 1 Sempu.
1.6Definition of key terms
Teaching is showing or helping someone to learn how to do something giving
interaction, guiding in study of something providing with knowledge, causing to know and understand (Brown, 2000).
Listening is a complex active process of interpretation in which listeners match what they hear with what they already know (Vandergriff, 2008).
Technique is any wide variety of exercise, activities or task used in the
language classroom for realizing lesson objectives (Brown, 2001).
Teaching Technique is the specific activity implemented in the classroom that
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