PENERAPAN LISTENING STRATEGIES INSTRUCTION UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN LISTENING COMPREHENSION MAHASISWA PRODI BAHASA INGGRIS FKIP – UNIVERTAS RIAU

Abstract

This classroom action research was conducted to overcome the students’ problems in listening comprehension through the implementation of Listening Strategies Instruction. The subjects were the second semester students taking Listening I. Before the treatment was conducted, a questionnaire to obtain students’ listening strategies and a pre-test were administered, then a post-test was also held at the end of the treatment. The steps of applying Listening Strategies Instruction are: 1) Orient class to listening instruction,2) provide initial instruction in listening strategies, 3) model the listening process, and 4) practice and class discussion. From one cycle with six meetings applied, there is a difference in listening strategies used before and after the treatment. After the treatment, the listening strategies applied by the participants are directive attention, selective attention, double-checked monitoring, auditory monitoring strategy evaluation, and problem identification. Besides, there was an increase of the mean score from the pre-test (56.64) to the mean score after the cycle (72.72) which was higher than the standard competency (e” 70). In addition, the result of observation shows that students were actively involved in the activities. The value of ‘t table at the levels of significance of 0.5 (2.06) and 0.1 (2.80) is smaller than the ‘t’ observed value (6,69). This means that the use of Listening Strategy Instruction is very effective to increase students’ ability in listening comprehension.