AN ANALYSIS OF THE STUEDNTS LISTENING STRATEGIES IN THE FACULTY OF LETTERS SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

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AN ANALYSIS OF THE STUEDNTS’ LISTENING

STRATEGIES IN THE FACULTY OF LETTERS

SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

A THESIS

by

Pristy Handayani

Student Number: 03.80.0033

ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME

FACULTY OF LETTERS

SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

SEMARANG

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AN ANALYSIS OF THE STUDENTS’ LISTENING

STRATEGIES IN THE FACULTY OF LETTERS

SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

A Thesis Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Sastra Degree in the English Letters Study Programme

by

Pristy Handayani

Student Number: 03.80.0033

ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME FACULTY OF LETTERS

SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY SEMARANG

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A THESIS ON

AN ANALYSIS OF THE STUDENTS’ LISTENING

STRATEGIES IN THE FACULTY OF LETTERS

SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

by:

Pristy Handayani

Student Number: 03.80.0033

Approved by,

Heny Hartono, SS, M. Pd

January 25, 2008

Major Sponsor

Drs. Antonius Suratno, M. A

January 25, 2008

Co – Sponsor

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A thesis defended in front of the Board of Examiners on January 25, 2008 and declared acceptable

BOARD OF EXAMINERS

Chairperson : Heny Hartono, SS. M. Pd ……….

Secretary : Drs. Antonius Suratno, MA ……….

Member : Drs. YE. Budiyana, MA ……….

Semarang, January 25, 2008 Faculty of Letters

Soegijapranata Catholic University Dean,

Heny Hartono, SS, M. Pd 058. 1. 1998. 221

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

In this part, the writer would like to give the honors and praises to Allah SWT who has always been my source of power. Next, she would like to thank many people who helped her in giving ideas, advice, loves, and suggestions. First, she would like to express her sincere gratitude to Mrs. Heny Hartono, SS, M. Pd, as the Dean of Faculty of Letters and as the Major – Sponsor of the thesis. Thank you for you ideas, time, and suggestions on her thesis. You always support her to finish the thesis soon. Second, her gratitude goes to Mr. Antonius Suratno, MA as her Co – Sponsor for advice, attention, and encouragements in guiding her to finish this thesis.

Thanks are respectively directed to all lecturers and staffs of Faculty of Letters for their kindness and the nice classes.

Her deepest thank goes to her beloved parents, who always continually pray, support and love her. You are the two biggest heroes, you help her to see the real life. To her big families: uncles and aunts, you always remind her to finish the thesis soon. Thank you for the best things: her two lovely brothers and her first nephew, Puguh Isyak. Be good boy! God bless you all.

Thanks are due also to Nda’ “My Most Loving Supporter”. What is love without you? Thank you very much for your greatest love, affection and support to finish this thesis. Your smile and sadness are mine.

For her best friends on campus: DeeNa, Danie, Ncis’Nca, Nhea, Ike’, San San, Anna, and all her friends of the year 2003, thank you for your support. Keep spirit!!I’m waiting for going around guys! It’s very nice to know you all,

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especially to Chika and family, thank you very much for the nice friendship. Friendship never ends.

Last but not least, she would like to give thanks to all people who might not be mentioned individually here. Thank you for the prayer, encouragements and all supports during this study. God bless us.

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ABSTRACT

This thesis is to find out the listening strategies mostly used by the students in their listening activities both in and out class. Since it is doubted whether or not the students understand and applied some listening strategies while they are listening, the writer conducted research to obtain the answer of the questions.

The population involved in this research was 100 students of S1 and D3 from the year 2003, 2004, and 2005 of English Department Faculty of Letters Soegijapranata Catholic University. There were twenty one listening strategies in this research which were used by the students. The data were obtained through questionnaire as the main instrument in this research.

By employing the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program, it was found out that the listening strategy mostly used by the students is recognizing and using formula and patterns. The result shows that the score of the mean from this variable is the biggest, which are 2.95. Moreover, it is also found that the lowest score of the mean is 2.36 on the variable of representing sounds in memory, which means the students seldom use this strategy while they are listening.

Based on the result, it can be concluded that the listening strategy mostly used by the students in Faculty of Letters is the strategy of recognizing and using formula and patterns. It means that the most of the students applied the listening strategy of recognizing and using formula and patterns while they are listening to get the success of their listening activities. However, the success of the listening activities are not only determined by listening strategies which students applied, but also there are some factors that influence such as ability, motivation, and environment.

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ABSTRAK

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui strategi mendengarkan yang paling sering digunakan oleh mahasiswa Fakultas Sastra dalam kegiatan mereka mendengarkan baik didalam maupun diluar kelas. Karena masih terdapatnya keraguan mengenai apakah mahasiswa – mahasiswa memahami dan menerapkan beberapa strategi mendengarkan ketika mereka mendengarkan, maka penulis mengadakan penelitian ini untuk memperoleh jawaban atas pertanyaan diatas.

Penelitian ini melibatkan 100 mahasiswa dari program studi S1 dan D3 angkatan 2003, 2004, dan 2005 Fakultas Sastra Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata. Terdapat 21 strategi mendengarkan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini, yang akan menjadi pilihan jawaban untuk mahasiswa. Data diperoleh melalui questioner sebagai instrument utama dalam penelitian ini.

Dengan menggunakan program SPSS, peneliti menemukan bahwa strategi mendengarkan yang paling banyak dipakai oleh mahasiswa adalah “mengidentifikasi dan menggunakan pola dan formula” pada saat mereka mendengarkan. Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa nilai Mean terbesar adalah dari variabel tersebut, yaitu 2.95. Lebih dari itu, di temukan bahwa nilai Mean terendah adalah 2.36 terdapat pada variabel “mengingat suara kedalam memori” yang berarti bahwa mahasiswa jarang menggunakan strategi ini ketika mereka mendengarkan.

Hasil penelitian menyimpulkan bahwa strategi mendengarkan yang paling banyak dipakai mahasiswa Fakultas Sastra adalah strategi “mengidentifikasi dan menggunakan pola dan formula”. Itu berarti bahwa mahasiswa menerapkan strategi “mengidentifikasi dan menggunakan pola dan formula” pada saat mereka mendengarkan untuk mencapai keberhasilan dalam aktivitas mendengarkan. Walaupun demikian, keberhasilan dalam aktivitas mendengarkan tidak hanya ditentukan oleh strategi – strategi mendengarkan yang diterapkan oleh mahasiswa tetapi juga terdapat beberapa faktor yang mempengaruhi seperti kemampuan, motivasi, dan lingkungan sekitar.

AN ANALYSIS OF THE STUEDNTS LISTENING STRATEGIES IN THE FACULTY OF LETTERS SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY