THE USE OF DIGITAL STORY TELLING TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Zamruddyn, Hero (2020) THE USE OF DIGITAL STORY TELLING TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION. Jurnal Pendidikan Edutama, - (-). -. ISSN P-ISSN: 2339-2258 E-ISSN: 2548-821X (Submitted)

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Abstract

Abstract Listening skill is one of the main skills in English which requires focus and full attention for the 8th grade students of MTs Ar-Raudloh in academic year of 2019/2020, because the students encounter some problems in learning listening comprehension. The students are lack of using fun and attractive media, so that they feel unmotivated in listening section. Furthermore, the distractions from the other class also make them difficult to listen. The students need an effective medium which is fun and attractive in improving their listening comprehension. The teacher should consider fun and attractive learning for the students. One of favorable learning is digital storytelling, which is considered as appropriate medium to stimulate motivation and interest for learning listening comprehension of 8 grade students in MTs Ar-Raudloh. This study was aimed to describe the implementation of digital storytelling and to analyze the effectiveness of digital storytelling to improve students’ listening comprehension. The methodology employed in this research was classroom action research (CAR). This research applied two cycles of action research. Data was collected with qualitative and quantitative methods. The researcher obtained data for analysis using observation checklists, tests, questionnaires, and interview. The observation checklist were analyzed to describe the overall situation and condition during the learning process, the pre-test and post-test result were calculated to get the mean score, the questionnaire was calculated by using mean score formula, and the result of the interview was presented in form of description. Based on the observation checklist showed that the implementation of digital storytelling as a medium was running in accordance to the lesson plans. The use of digital storytelling was implemented differently in two different cycles. In cycle 1, group discussion was employed while number twenty game was promoted in cycle 2. The result of the students’ tests showed that there was an improvement from 65.67 to 80.33. The result of the questionnaire provided the evidence that the students had a positive perception toward the implementation of digital storytelling as a medium to improve their listening comprehension. The mean score in cycle 1 to cycle 2 was 48.07 to 55.13. The result of the interview showed that the implementation of digital storytelling as a medium could motivate the students to learn and improve their’ listening comprehension. In conclusion, the use of digital storytelling to improve students’ listening comprehension did improve. The students could comprehend and retell the stories they had listened well. They became more active and motivated in the learning process, because the digital storytelling as a medium was presented in a fun and attractive way. Digital storytelling could be a powerful tool and effective medium to teach listening comprehension. Keyword: digital storytelling, listening comprehension, classroom action research.

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