1 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background of The Problem
English is needed to be learnt in the globalization era. Even though in Indonesia, English still play role as a foreign language, it is necessary to be mastered by Indonesian nowadays (Marlina, 2012). Through Indonesian education, English can be learnt starting from Junior High School. H. D. Brown (2001) states that Junior High School students are categorized as young learners. Teaching EFL to young learners needs such a big effort, as the teacher also has to help them to adapt, learn and develop their competence and skills in a new language.
Language skills are required for mastering English. There are four language skills, and the most crucial to learning the English language and communication is listening skills (Hamouda, 2013). Diptoadi (2009) said that listening is the first skill which junior high school teens need to develop before they feel ready to use other skills. Teaching listening for EFL young learners will not be easy, because this is the first time they learn a new language.
Teacher have to make the meaning clear and easily, so young learners can understand what the speaker said. To make a clear explanation, we can use some pictures, gestures, or body language. This step will facilitate the students to understand the English spoken material easier.
Nowadays, Indonesian schools using the curriculum Merdeka Belajar and the learning activities have been affected by the pandemic of Covid 19. To face this pandemic era, the government has set up online learning. Susiloati (2020) found that there are several challenges in listening class during this pandemic, such as the system or application used, and also the preparation of materials.
Presenting simple and easy to understand materials will be very helpful during online learning. Also, teachers must understand what difficulties students face, it will help teachers to create and develop effective and interesting online learning strategies for students, especially in listening materials. To this end, a teacher should be skillful at the online technology and innovative in teaching techniques.
One way to make fun learning is by using an interactive learning technique, such as a game. Sari (2018) states that by using games, young learners become more active since it increases their mood when studying English. Martin (1995) wrote, a game is any fun activity which gives young learners the opportunity to practice a foreign language in a relaxed and an enjoyable way in language learning. Therefore, it is highly recommended that teachers give kinds of relaxation techniques, such as games, to keep the students’ anxiety and stress away (Raghunathan, 2001).
Based on the researcher’s observation, there were some problem that the researcher found. The problem was the students were unable to listen about the English material well. That’s because the learners had limited knowledge and unfamiliarity with the vocabulary makes students did not get the point of the
material. Nevertheless, the teachers also used a monotonous learning strategy and technique in the learning process. It makes students get bored quickly, so they don't have any motivation and interest in learning English. In conclusion, the main problem is the lack of mastering listening skills for students and also teacher use unattractive media, which makes students feel bored and have less motivation in the learning process.
Based on the conditions above, to overcome these problems, researchers used games as the learning technique. In this study, the game that researchers will use is a "listen and draw" activity to teach listening to a descriptive text in the classroom. Through this research, researchers want to see whether the
"listen and draw" activity can have an effect on the learning process of a class.
Based on the explanation above, the title of this research is "The Effect of Using ‘Listen and Draw’ Game on Students’ Listening to SMP Negeri 15 Tanjungpinang".
1.2. Identification of The Problem
Based on the explanation in the background above, there are several problems in this study:
1. Students can not listening well.
2. Having limited knowledge about English.
3. Unfamiliar with the vocabulary in understanding spoken English.
4. Students have less motivation and interest.
5. Teacher use monotonous teaching, so students get bored.
6. Teacher use unattractive learning technique and media.
1.3. Limitation of The Problem
Based on the statement above, the limitation of this study was limited to the effect of the “Listen and Draw” game on students’ listening skill to SMP Negeri 15 Tanjungpinang. This research was focused on the students’ ability in Listening.
1.4. Research Question
Based on the limitation above, the researcher formulates the research question, is there an effect of the “Listen and Draw’ game on students’ listening at SMP Negeri 15 Tanjungpinang?
1.5. The Objective of The Study
Based on the research question of the problem above, the objective of the study is to find out whether there is an effect of the “Listen and Draw” game on students’ listening to SMP Negeri 15 Tanjungpinang.
1.6. The Significance of The Study
The results of this study were expected to be useful and to give some practical and theoretical benefits:
1. Practically Benefits
a. This research is expected to be able to develop students' listening ability.
b. This research can be fun learning for students.
c. The results of this study can be an input for teachers to use interactive technique and media in learning.
2. Theoretically Benefits
The researcher expects this research could be useful and become a reference for other researchers who want to learn more about the "Listen and Draw" game more intensively in listening activity, so it can lead them to further study.
1.7. Definition of Key Terms
1. Listening skill: the students ability to understand spoken descriptive text material by using listen and draw game.
2. Game: a fun activity which is used as a technique for listening activity in English learning.
3. Listen and Draw: a game which is describing or creating an image from what we listen about the description text.
4. Effect: A result to see students’ listening skill by using listen and draw game in English lesson.
