IMPROVING THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS' LISTENING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT BY USING RECORDED MONOLOGUE AT SMP ISLAM (SMI) LUMAJANG IN THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to improve the eighth grade students' listening comprehension achievement and their participation by using recorded monologue. The research design applied was a classroom action research with cycle model. The subjects in this research were the eighth grade students (VIII B class) of SMP Islam (SMI) Lumajang. To solve this problem, Recorded Monologue was used as alternative media to improve the eighth grade students’ listening comprehension achievement and their participation at SMP Islam (SMI) Lumajang. The data were obtained from listening comprehension test, class observation, interview and documentation. The result indicated that the use of Recorded Monologue could improve the students’ listening comprehension achievement from 62.5% to 75% and their participation in the teaching learning process from 79% to 87%. The English teacher is suggested to use recorded monologue of recout text as an alternative technique in teaching listening to improve the students’ listening comprehension.