IMPROVING CLASS VIIID STUDENTS’ ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND THEIR LISTENING ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH ANIMATION CLIPS AT SMP NEGERI 4 JEMBER IN THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

English becomes one of the important languages in the world. It is used not only as an international language but also as a means of communication in the world. By using English, people can communicate with one another although they come from different countries. English is learned in many countries including Indonesia. In Indonesia, English is learned as a foreign language. It has been regarded in the curriculum of education as one of the compulsory subjects that is given at junior high school and senior high school students. There are four English skills that must be mastered by learners, namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Listening usually becomes a difficult subject for students, especially at junior high school level. Based on the preliminary study in the form of interview with the English teacher of SMP Negeri 4 Jember, it was found that many students in the eighth grade especially in VIII D had difficulty in listening achievement. The students often found difficulties in catching the ideas from the spoken language. It was shown by the students’ listening score that was 10 of 34 (29%) students could reach the standard score requirement of the school (75). The researcher did a classroom action research in order to improve the listening achievement at class VIII D of SMP Negeri 4 Jember by using animation clips. This research was intended to improve the students’ listening comprehension achievement. There were two cycles in this classroom action research. In the first cycle , the action was teaching listening by using animation clips 1-3. In the second cycle, the action was listening by using animation clips 4- 6. The animation clips 3 and 6 are for listening test. The test was given at the end of each cycle. The research subject of this reserach was class VIII D of SMPN 4 Jember. The Primary data were collected from the results of listening test and the students’ observation. Meanwhile, the secondary data were collected from the result of interview and documentation. There were two kinds of data obtained in the each action. The first data were obtained through observation for the process of evaluation and the second data were obtained through listening test for product evaluation. The process evaluation was done in each meeting during the teaching learning process of listening by using animation clips. The observation guide in the form of checklist was provided to measure the students’ participation in the teaching learning process. The indicators observed were watching video, answering the teachers’ question, making prediction, and doing the exercise. The result showed the improvement in Cycle one from 44.12% in the first meeting to 52.94% in the second meeting. Then, in Cycle two there was also showed the improvement from 67.64 % to 76.47%. Meanwhile, the use of animation clips also improved the product evaluation from both cycles. It was shown by the result of the percentage of students’ listening test in each cycle. The first cycle was 44.12 % (15 students), then increased in the second cycle to 73.52% (25 students) who got score ≥ 75.From those result, it can be conclude that teaching listening through animation clips can improve Class VIIID Students’ Active Participation and Listening Achievement through Animation Clips at SMP Negeri 4 Jember in the 2013/2014 Academic Year. Considering the results of the action in both cycles, it is suggested that the English teacher use animation clips in teaching listening process. It is due to the fact that the use of animation clips could improve the students’ listening achievement and their active participation.For the students, it is suggested to familiarize themselves with the native speakers’ voice. The students can have their own study together with other students by using animation clips. This is used to motivate the students to learn English by using animation clips. For Future researcher, hopefully it can be used as a source of information for the future researchers who want to conduct further reserach that deals with the improvement of other skill by using animation clips as a media.