Students’ Perception of Listening Material in Extensive Listening

Abstract

Extensive listening takes an essential role in improving students’ listening skill. Extensive listening provides or promote students’ comprehension and enjoyment in class activity or listening practices. The success of extensive listening is depended on having easy the access of right materials. The present study examines on students’ perception of listening material in extensive listening. The present study only focuses on the materials are designed for some meeting in extensive listening class. In this regard, the material is meant to provide students with L2 listening proficiency. Allowing the students exploring YouTube channel is destined to have proper and pleasure material. In order to know the suitability and inclination of the material, descriptive qualitative research is conducted. This study undertakes interview to students who have participated in extensive listening class. The research findings reveal that the students’ perception on listening material are: 1) listening material motivates and engage students in listening skill, 2) students are very enthusiasm in discussing material of their own choice, and 3) extensive listening material is appropriate for listening practices. Because the material in extensive listening can expand their knowledge about the topic that they have chosen, enhance their word recognition in speech, and explores students’ ability regarding normal speech rate.

Enhancing Students' Listening Skill: Leveraging Extensive Listening Activity in an Efl Classroom

“…We could not have asked them to listen any faster, but what we can do is give them repeated listening practice so that they gradually become accustomed to listening to normal speech. This is also in line with the results of Kristanti & Ni'amah (2022), which states that Extensive Listening can explore students abilities regarding normal speech rate. Waring (2010) also stated that extensive listening is an approach to improve students' listening fluency.…”

Using Online Media for Extensive Listening Practices: Students’ Self-Reflections from the Extensive Listening Logbook

“…It is noted that students are more aware of the influences of the listening practices towards not only their language development but also their overall understanding of the topic they listened to, confirming their believe, enhancing their current level of comprehension, boosting their curiosity, and encouraging positive attitude. In line with this, it was also found that students engaging in extensive listening activities are motivated in practicing listening because they could choose the materials that they like and gain knowledge on the topic they chose as well as increasing word recognition in normal speech (Kristanti, Ni'amah, 2022). This also corresponds to the believes that learning materials are supposed to induce students' curiosity and interest in foreign language as well as support their knowledge and language development, while instilling poritive attitude towards language learning (Usaquén, 2012;Hanifa and Yusra, 2023).…”