The Effect of Flipped Classroom Implementation on EFL Students' Listening Comprehension

Abstract

This study explores the effect of flipped classroom implementation on EFL students' listening comprehension. Listening is important skill that need to be mastered in English language learning, however many EFL learners still facing difficulties in listening due to the lack of practice outside of the classroom, difficulty in getting the general idea, and also the speed of the speech. This study aims to investigate the effect of using a flipped classroom on the listening skills of Indonesian EFL secondary-level students. Quasi-experimental research with a non-equivalent post-test only design was used in this study. Cluster random sampling was conducted on a homogeneous population consisting of 4 classes to select the experimental and control groups. The experimental group was taught based on flipped classroom, while the students in the control group were taught without flipped classroom. The data collection was carried out by administering listening comprehension test of narrative text as the listening material. The result revealed that the experimental group that was taught using the flipped classroom had greater results than the control group that was not taught with the flipped classroom, in other words flipped classroom has a significant effect on students listening comprehension. The outcome of this research might be used as an effective learning model to help learners improve their listening comprehension.