IMPROVING STUDENTS’ LISTENING SKILLS THROUGH PODCASTS AT SMP BOPKRI 1, YOGYAKARTA GRADE VIII, CLASS A IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012 / 2013

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The study aims at improving the listening skill of the grade VIII A students of SMP Bopkri 1 Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2012 / 2013. The podcasts was chosen as the teaching media in this study.
This study was action research which comprised two cycles. The research was carried out from April to May 2013. It involved the researcher, the collaborator, and the students. The participants of this research were the teacher, the researcher, and 27 students of VIII A class of SMP Bopkri 1 Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2012 / 2013. The data of this study were qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were obtained by observing the teaching and learning process during the implementation of the actions and interviewing the students and the English teacher. It was in the form of field notes and interview transcripts. The quantitative data were taken by assessing the students speaking ability through the pre-test and the post-test.
The finding of the first cycle indicated that the students’ listening skill improved along with a lot of listening practices. The result of the second cycle shows that the implementation of podcast improves the students’ listening skill, especially their spelling, vocabulary mastery and motivation by providing them a lot of listening activities. It was also found that using the classroom language more often can improve their spelling. The indicators of the success of the implementation were that: (1) the students were familiar with English sounds and spelling; (2) the students were more enthusiastic in doing listening activities; and (3) the students’ vocabulary mastery was improved. Furthermore, the findings were also supported by the means of the students’ listening score which improved from 70.22 in the pre-test to 76.59 in the post-test.

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