An Analysis of the Second Year Students’ Difficulties in Listening Announcement at MTsN Parak Lawas Padang

Disty, Prillivea and Lailatul, Husna and Lisa, Tavriyanti (2015) An Analysis of the Second Year Students’ Difficulties in Listening Announcement at MTsN Parak Lawas Padang. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The type of this study was descriptive study. The purpose of this study was to describe students’ difficulty in listening announcement. The population of this study was the second year students of MTsN Parak Lawas Padang. The total numbers of population were 230 students. The members of sample in this research were 46 students. In selecting data the researcher used cluster random sampling. The instrument used to get the data was listening test. The researcher tried out the tests to the students out of sample. The researcher calculated item difficulty and item discrimination for try out. The researcher used split half method to know the reliability of the test. The researcher found the reliability of the test reliable (see Appendix 4). The test was valid in terms of content validity. The result of the data analysis showed that 33 students (72%) (see Appendix 9) got difficulties in listening announcement, 29 students (59%) (see Appendix 11) got difficulties in listening announcement about education, 28 students (61%) (see Appendix 13) got difficulties in listening announcement about job vacancies, and 32 students (70%) (see Appendix 15) got difficulties in listening announcement about missing person. It can be concluded that 72% students got difficulties in listening announcement. Dealing with the conclusions of this research, the researcher has suggestion for English teacher to improve students’ skills in listening announcement. For the students, they are suggested to do more exercise about listening. And the next researcher is suggested to do relevant research from different point of view and another kind of listening announcement.

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