THE EFFECT OF “THE ENGLISH WE SPEAK” PODCAST TO THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS LISTENING ABILITY SMAN 6 KEDIRI 2023/2024

Firmansyah, Raynata Alfis (2024) THE EFFECT OF “THE ENGLISH WE SPEAK” PODCAST TO THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS LISTENING ABILITY SMAN 6 KEDIRI 2023/2024. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri.

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Abstract

English listening skills at SMAN 6 Kediri are still relatively low, especially in understanding the main idea, implied meaning, and explicit meaning. To address this problem, this study aims to examine the effectiveness of using podcasts as learning media in improving students' listening skills. The focus of this study is to see whether the use of 'The English We Speak' podcast can make a significant difference to the listening skills of grade XI students at SMAN 6 Kediri. "The research questions are: 1) What is the listening ability of students before being taught using 'The English We Speak' podcast? 2) What is the listening ability of students after being taught using 'The English We Speak' podcast? 3) Does 'The English We Speak' podcast have any effect on students' listening ability? The purpose of this study is to identify students' listening skills before being taught using podcasts, to identify students' listening skills after being taught using podcasts, and to find out whether there is an effect of using "The English We Speak" podcast on students' listening skills. This study used quantitative method with pre-test and post-test design. The sample consisted of 35 students of class XI at SMAN 6 Kediri. Data were obtained through listening skill tests before and after the application of podcasts as learning media. Data were analysed using t-test to determine the significance of the difference between pre-test and post-test results. The results showed a significant improvement in students' listening skills after using podcasts as learning media. Students' average score increased from 63.57 in the pre-test to 79.57 in the post-test. The t-test results showed a t-value of -13.426 with 34 degrees of freedom, which is greater than the t-table value at the 5% significance level, indicating that this improvement is significant. From this study, it can be concluded that the use of 'The English We Speak' podcast is effective in improving students' listening skills, especially in understanding the main idea, implied meaning, and explicit meaning. The implications of these results suggest that the integration of digital media such as podcasts in English language learning can significantly support the improvement of students' listening skills, so it can be considered to be implemented in the learning curriculum in schools.

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