This research aimed to improve the listening ability of the students of SMAN 1 South Sinjai by using Audio Podcast. The study population consisted of the students of SMAN 1 South Sinjai in academic year 2012/2013. The researcher distributed listening tests through pre- and post-tests and distributed questionnaires to collect information about their attitudes towards the application of using Audio Podcast in teaching.
The result of the study showed that the students' listening ability had a poor score in the pretest. It could be concluded that the Audio Podcast was effective in improving students' listening skills. Data from the questionnaire showed that students had a positive attitude towards the use of Audio Podcast.
Based on the t-test result, the research found that there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test results. The t-test value was found to be 7.98 > t-table 2.093. that is, there was a significant difference between the pre- and post-treatment students. Pd, Chancellor of Makassar Muhammadiyah University for his advices during his studies at the university.
INTRODUCTION
- Background
- Problem Statement
- Objective of the Research
- Significance of the Research
- Scope of the Research
It can therefore have an effect on the perception of the importance of listening skills. In addition, the teacher said that the problems affecting the listening comprehension of the students are the lack of listening material and time spent in listening education. In addition, most students have a mobile device that allows them to listen to the Audio Podcast material outside of the classroom.
The problem to be solved in this research is the listening comprehension of the second year students of SMAN 1 South Sinjai, which is still low. Determining whether the use of audio podcast is effective in improving the listening comprehension of second year students of SMAN 1 South Sinjai. The results of the research are expected to have a practical effect for the teachers and students of SMAN 1 South Sinjai.
In addition, the results of the survey can be useful information for the readers, especially for the students and teachers of English. The results of this research are expected to make a meaningful contribution to the development of the discipline of applied language teaching, especially in enriching teachers' teaching materials to help students improve their listening comprehension.
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Some Previous Related Studies
Amaliah (2008) in her thesis "Improving listening comprehension of second year students of SMP Irnas Makassar using audio-linguistic method". The researcher used the pre-experimental design in which the result revealed that there was a significant difference between the pre-test and the post-test of students' listening comprehension. This method helped the students to increase their motivation in the listening activity in the classroom.
Li (2010) in his research "Using podcast to learn English" revealed the perception of Hong Kong Secondary 6 ESL students through observation and interviews. The students all agreed that podcasts could increase their listening skills and they were interested in continuing these listening habits. As an addition, he said that the great advantage of podcast is to provide more opportunities for students to expose themselves to the language.
To conclude this section, some researchers used several ways to improve students' listening comprehension, including the use of song, minimal pair technique, and jigsaw technique. On the other hand, the use of Audio Podcast for teaching English has been proposed as a new alternative way in teaching English, especially in improving students' listening comprehension.
Some Pertinent Ideas
Highrich learning module (2007) explained that listening comprehension can be defined as "the ability to remember and understand information that is presented orally". Considering how the while-listening activity will be done These activities will help students focus on the topic by narrowing down what students expect to hear. The first stage of listening, which helps students predict the content of the listening passage, is activating schemas.
During the listening phase, students may have the opportunity to listen to the listening material more than once. It can be divided into two unscripted and scripted conversations. a) Unwritten, spontaneous conversation and discussion between:. a) the learner and other foreign language speakers, (b) the learner and native speakers, (c) other foreign language speakers without the learner's participation. While the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (2008:34) defined podcast as "the process of digitally recording radio programs for people to download from the Internet".
Furthermore, the students are already familiar with the underlying technology; podcast can be an alternative in listening activity. For the listening activities, some true-false questions can be asked to the students so that the students can check while listening, it also helps them to concentrate on the text.
Conceptual Framework
On the other hand, podcasts offer students a wide range of opportunities for additional listening both inside and outside the classroom. This can bring a variety of voices and varieties of English into the classroom. Input: It refers to the listening material used in the classroom.
RESEARCH METHOD
- Research Design
- Research Variables and Operational Definition
- Operation Definition
- Hypotheses
- Population and Sample
- Instrument of the research
- Procedures of Data Collection
- Technique of Data Analysis
- Discussion
The researcher asked the students to listen to one audio podcast for each meeting:. i) While listening, the students answered some questions on the worksheet. j) Students compared their answer with other students. k) The researcher played the Audio Podcast again and discussed the correct answers. l) The researcher and the students discussed the material. Student opinion on whether the Audio Podcast is enjoyable for learning to listen. Students' opinions on whether or not teaching listening is good or not using Audio Podcast.
The students' opinion on whether or not the Audio Podcast can be an alternative media in learning to listen. The opinion of the students whether or not the Audio Podcast can be an entertainment medium in learning to listen. The students' opinion on whether or not the Audio Podcast can activate their participation in the learning process.
The students' opinion on whether the audio podcast can avoid their teacher's dominance in the learning process. The students' opinion on whether the audio podcast can help them improve their listening skills or not. The students' opinion on the question of whether their attitude towards learning to listen is increased through the use of Audio Podcast.
To interpret the mean score of the students' attitude, the researcher refers to the categories of alternative answers. The result of the students' pre-test showed that they were bad at listening. Listen to the audio podcast about "The Come Back" and then fill in the blanks with the words provided.
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
Conclusion
The data show that the students' listening efficiency before and after the treatments is significantly different. It was found in the students' post-test was higher than the pre-test, which proved that the use of Audio Podcast for teaching listening skills contributed to the students' more effective in listening English. Using Audio Podcast can improve students' listening ability, although the results of them are different.
Using an audio podcast is an effective technique you can use to teach listening skills. This is evident from the result of the t-test and t-table values, where the t-test value is higher than the t-table. Students of SMAN 1 South Sinjai have a positive attitude towards using audio podcast in their listening class.
Suggestion
Improving the listening comprehension of the second year students of SMP Irnas Makassar using the audio-lingual method. Listen to the audio podcast about "A Serious Case" and then fill in the blanks with the words provided. Listen to the audio podcast about "My Son" and then fill in the blank using the words provided.
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