For along time language teachers tend to ignore teaching listening. Among the four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) A. PendahuluanDalam pengajaran keterampilan berbahasa Inggris di Indonesia, menyimak (listening) merupakan salah satu keterampilan yang dianggap sulit namun terabaikan, bila dibandingkan dengan keterampilan berbahasa lainnya seperti berbicara, membaca dan menulis. Hal ini disebabkan karena dalam pengajaran bahasa Inggris di sekolah-sekolah guru cenderung mengutamakan pengajaran keterampilan berbicara (speaking), membaca (reading) dan menulis (writing). Selain itu kondisi ini diperburuk dengan penilaian masyarakat yang beranggapan bahwa bila seseorang mampu berbicara dengan baik, maka hal tersebut merupakan cerminan bahwa orang tersebut juga mampu berkomunikasi dengan baik. Kemampuan untuk berbicara dengan baik merupakan komponen penting dalam kesuksesan berkomunikasi, namun kemampuan menyimak yang baik juga merupakan komponen yang penting dalam berkomunikasi. Di kalangan masyarakat terdapat anggapan bahwa kesuksesan seseorang dalam berkomunikasi ditentukan oleh kemampuannya dalam berbicara. Mereka terfokus pada suatu keyakinan bahwa seseorang yang belajar bahasa terutama bahasa asing dapat dilihat atau diukur dari kemampuannya berbicara, menulis dan membaca, yang secara langsung dapat diamati. Namun sangat jarang orang melihat bahwa kemampuan berbahasa seseorang sebenarnya juga ditentukan oleh kemampuannya dalam memahami bahasa lisan (kemampuan listening).Kemampuan seseorang dalam memahami bahasa lisan merupakan salah satu faktor penting dalam belajar bahasa, karena pada kenyataannya dalam kehidupan seharihari aktifitas berbahasa yang paling banyak
Listening anxiety which makes someone feel tensions, fear, uncomfortable and worry was suspected to affect students' comprehension in listening class. Therefore, this research aims to find the relationship between listening anxiety and listening comprehension of English department students who had taken Basic Listening class at Universitas Negeri Padang. The type of research used in this research was quantitative research. The population of this research was the second year students in Basic Listening Class of English Department. The sample was 30 students who were chosen randomly from the total population using Simple Random Sampling. The data were collected through questionnaire and an English Listening test using TOEIC test. The results showed that Foreign Language Listening Anxiety (FLLA) and Listening Comprehension (LC) have a negative correlation (r=-.006) which indicates that high anxiety blocks the processing of listening anxiety, and when the higher anxiety the students have, the lower listening comprehension they make. Further research related to listening comprehension and listening anxiety is suggested to do.
Most students at English Department of UNP experience difficulties in learning Listening courses. Besides it is very rare for the students to realize their learning strategies which are suitable with their learning style. As a result, every semester many students have problems with their listening comprehension and listening achievement. On the other hand, many students pass this course poorly. That is why a research about students' learning style particularly in Basic Listening course at English department UNP Padang is needed to be conducted. The purpose of this research was to describe learning style of students particularly in Basic Listening course. This research used descriptive method and the population of the research were all students who had already taken Basic Listening course by 2019. The sample of this research was chosen by using purposive random sampling technique. The data were collected by using questionnaire. This result of this research showed the students had various learning styles and mostly their learning styles were dominated by visual style. Further research to see the correlation between students' learning style and their learning comprehension were suggested.
Abstract-Higher education institutions attempt toimprove the predicament of high failure and dropout rates by improving the quality of teaching and learning. Awareness of learning styles could help students understand how they learn and empower them to take ownership of their learning so that they persevere and succeed in the institutions of higher education. The purpose of this study is to identify learning styles prefered by students Asian EFL college students, particularly students who have studied English as General Course at Universitas Negeri Padang (UNP), West Sumatra, Indonesia. The researcher used nine categories of Mkonto's learning styles [1] which consist of Auditory Language, Visual Language, Auditory Numerical, Visual Numerical, Kinaesthetic Tactile, Social Individual, Social Group, Expressive Oral, dan Expressive Written. By using random sampling, the samples of this research were 48 students who studied English as General Course at UNP in 2016. Data was collected through a questionere. The result of this research shows that the students of English as General Course at UNP have multiple major learning styles which are dominanated by Visual Language, Kinesthetic-Tactile, and Visual Numerical. The study also shows that the most dominant major learning style owned by the students in General English Course 2016 at Universitas Negeri Padang is Visual Language. Meanwhile the most dominant learning style not owned by the students is Auditory Numerical.
This paper presents one of the ways to improve students’ listening ability in Listening 2 Course. At the English Department of Universitas Negeri Padang listening skill is taught in three different subjects, Listening 1, Listening 2 and Advanced Listening. Listening 2, provides students with the materials of oral communication by English native speakers and English nonnative speakers. Looking at the materials used for Listening 2, it seems that the book does not have enough tasks for the students for it has only two or three tasks for each unit. Those tasks are done in the classroom, and there is no task for homework. Learning Listening as a language skill needs practice inside and outside the classroom. To overcome the lack of task for Listening subject, assigning students to listen to the English news is one of the ways that can be done by the teachers. By assigning students to listen to the English news, whether radio or TV news, will give them real experiences in understanding spoken language. To ensure the students listen to the news, they have to record and submit the news and the tape script of the news as well Keywords: assigning, English radio/TV news
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.