TEACHERS’ STRATEGIES IN TEACHING LISTENING TO STUDENTS OF SMP N 1 BANYUBIRU
Ainul Yaqin
Abstract
Listening plays a significant role in daily communication and educational process. In spite of its importance, listening has long been the neglected skill in second language acquisition. The Indonesian government policy, not to include listening in English final eximination, has made the problem even worse. The study tried to find the teachers’ strategies in teaching listening to students of SMP N 1 Banyubiru. The participants of the study were 3 English teachers in SMP N 1 Banyubiru. An interview was mainly used as the only instrument to collect the data in this study. The study showed that teachers used mostly bottom up process activities in the listening class. The problems faced by the participants were the limited available listening materials and the low level of students’ basic English proficiency. To overcome those problems, teachers made their own listening materials and emphasized on the teaching of vocabulary as pre listening activities.
