Sukardi Weda, M.Pd., M.Hum., M.Ed., as the researcher's academic advisor, who provided suggestions and guidance. Ricky Auwardy S.E., Principal of Makassar Adventist Junior High School gave me time and space as a researcher in conducting this research and all students who participated in data collection. Based on the researcher's findings, the use of English video podcasts can be an effective learning medium to improve students. We can see that there is an increase in the number of data from pre-test to post-test after the teacher gave the treatment to the experimental group.
INTRODUCTION
- The Background of the Study
- The Formulation of the Problem
- The Objective of the Study
- The significant of the Study
- The Scope of The Study
To find out the effectiveness of English podcasts in helping students improve their English listening skills. Therefore, the result of this study will help students understand the best way to improve their English listening skills. Furthermore, to understand whether students are interested in learning listening skills through English podcasts.
THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK AND CONCEPTUAL
Review of Related Study
After applying the strategies, students evaluated podcasts developed listening skills in students were evaluated that. According to the result, the use of podcasts promotes the development of listening skills in students of the ninth school year at UE “Ramon Barba Naranjo High School. In addition, a survey questionnaire was administered to the experimental group to explore their perception of using podcast instruction in teaching listening.
In addition, the result of the questionnaire indicated that students have a positive attitude towards the use of podcasts in listening comprehension. It involved eleventh grade students from SMA Negeri 2 Bangkalan as the subject of the research was started by giving pre-test treatment and post-test to an experimental group. Based on the students' results of the pretest, the researcher found that the result was poor.
After getting the results of the students' pre-test, the researcher gave treatment to the students using the podcasts application. It is proven by the results of the research that there is a significant difference in listening scores before and after the students were taught using podcasts application in Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Negri 2 Bangkalan. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of using educational podcasts on the listening comprehension of language learners.
Additionally, this proved that podcast usage was higher than textbook usage.
Conceptual Framework
Hypothesis of The Study
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- Research Design
- Location of the Research
- Population and Sample
- Technique for Collecting Data
- The Instrument of the Research
- Data Analysis
- The Operational Definition
The purpose of this study was to find the effectiveness of using English podcasts in improving students' listening comprehension. The following table shows the score and percentage of the students on the experimental group and the control group. The mean score and standard deviation of students' pre-test for the experimental and control groups.
The table below shows the mean score and standard deviation after calculating the students' pretest score. The following table is the statistical summary of the post-test of the students of both groups. The mean score and standard deviation of the students' post-test for the experimental and control groups.
The second questionnaire was "Do you think these podcasts had a positive effect on your listening skills?" The result was that all students answered yes. Based on the researchers' findings, the use of English video podcast can be the effective learning media to improve students' listening comprehension. Because as a result of the research it has shown that the use of English video podcast in listening skills can improve students' ability in listening or comprehension skills.
At the end of her studies, she was able to finish her thesis titled “The Effect of English Video Podcast on Developing Students' English Listening Comprehension Skills at Makassar Adventist Junior High School.
THE RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
The overview of the Research Location
SMP Advent Makassar only has a few classes due to its small location, it has one class for grade 7, one class for grade 8, and one class for grade 9.
The effect of English Podcast on students‟ improvement in listening skill
Based on the data shown in Table 4.1, the experimental group showed the result of 20 students, 2 (10%) students were categorized as very good. Before the researcher administered the treatment, both the experimental and control groups were given a pre-test to determine the students' prior abilities. Moreover, the purpose of the test conducted by the researcher is to find out whether both the experimental and control groups were at the same level or not.
Based on the listening test ranking, the mean score of the control group (55.50) was considered fair with a standard deviation of 17.74. From the ranking of results and the percentage level from the experimental group and as shown in Table 4.3, out of 20 students, 8 (40%) students obtained very good ranking, and there were 12 (40%) students who were well ranked, while the rest of the classification showed that none of the students were in this category. The experimental group and the control group completed a post-test, which was designed to obtain the mean score and standard deviation.
The table above shows that the mean score of the control group was 57.50 with a standard deviation of 11.44. From the above description, it can be concluded that the mean score and standard deviation for both the experimental group and the control group before and after the research (pre-test and post-test) showed that there is little improvement in the listening comprehension test in the control group from the mean score of 55 .50 in the pretest and 57.50 in the posttest, but still in the fair ranking. While the experimental group even showed a slight improvement from the mean score of 72.50 in the pre-test and 78.5 in the post-test, the classification improved to a good and very good level of classification.
It means that there is a significant improvement before and after using Video Podcast in English in the experimental group after treatment.
The Relationship between English Podcast and students‟ listening skill
From the result of the questionnaires given to the students, it can be concluded that English video podcast is new for some students, but it can be accepted by the students in their learning process. Students felt that English video podcast is easy to use because they can explore them in some application. The result showed that English video podcast was a great way to improve students' listening comprehension, students found that their listening improves after using English video podcast.
Furthermore, there are many varieties in English video podcast that can be used as a learning medium, so that students do not get bored easily. And based on the questionnaire and the interview, the result showed positive effect of using English video podcast to improve listening comprehension. Using podcast is able to promote the improvement of students' listening skills, which can be seen by the students' progress.
Improving students' listening skills through podcast at Mts Islamiyah Gunting Saga (Doctoral dissertation, Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara Medan). Researcher Do you think that English Video Podcast is a good way to improve your listening comprehension. Student Yes, English video podcast helps me improve my listening Researcher What do you think if English video podcast by the.
Researcher What do you think if the teacher uses English video podcast in the learning process in the classroom.
CONCLUSION
Conclusion
The interview results also show that some students still have difficulty using English video podcasts, due to their lack of vocabulary and sometimes the speaker speaks quickly, but the solution is that the students can replay the video as they want, moreover the benefits of using English video podcast we can choose our own difficulty level. They have gained some new vocabulary and can easily practice their listening skills because most podcasts have subtitles that make it easier for students to understand what the speaker is saying. The last result is that the students suggest the teacher to teach using English video podcast because they found it easier and more interesting because English video podcast gives many fun videos while learning.
Widodo et al (2019) stated that podcast media has many advantages in students' listening comprehension, such as encouraging students to become more imaginative, enriching students. The improvement in students' listening skills did not only occur in the students' test scores, but also the students' expression, interest, enthusiasm, and enthusiasm showed that there was an improvement. The use of English podcasts can improve students' listening comprehension by adapting materials to meet students' needs, interests, and difficulty levels, which can be started from lower to higher levels.
The teacher becomes the role of using English video podcasts to create some fun activities in using podcasts for the teaching and learning process, especially in listening comprehension, so that students will enjoy listening learning process. It can be seen that there was an increase from the data from Pre-Test to Post-test after the teacher gave the treatment. By using Podcast, students found some easy ways to learn English, especially by improving their listening comprehension.
From the interview given to the students, they felt enthusiastic if the teacher teaches them using Podcast, they suggested some teachers to apply this method in the teaching and learning process.
Suggestions
Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Perception of Using Podcast as a Learning Media and Improving Listening Skill (Doctoral Dissertation, Universitas Kristen Indonesia). The effect of shared podcast listening on secondary school students' listening comprehension and vocabulary learning. A student. This is a good idea because there are some teachers who are difficult to understand when they explain the lesson.
