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The Students Perception toward Different Task Types in

Public Listening Class

Anangga Rahandika

Abstract

Listening task is an important aspect for the students in learning listening. It can help the students to improve their listening skills. Moreover, in the listening class the students could do three to four different tasks. Based on the use of various tasks in listening class, the research question for this study was “What are the students’ perceptions toward the use of various task types in the public listening class?” This study aimed to describe the students’ perception toward the use of various task types in the Public Listening class. The research participants were thirty students from Public Listening class in English Department, SWCU. The data were collected using a close-ended questionnaire. Thus, the students were not free to answer or give their perceptions. The results of this study revealed that the students showed positive attitudes toward the use of various task types in the listening class. The students agreed that the various tasks were interesting for them and they enjoyed doing the tasks. Besides, they also could learn better from the use of various tasks. Then, they also develop their confidence through various task types.