The Impact of Using Authentic Materials on the Eleventh Grade Students’ Listening Comprehension Achievement

Abstract

This research was intended to know whether or not there was a significant impact of using Authentic Materials on students‟ listening comprehension achievement. The research design was quasi-experimental research using Post-test Only Design. The research area was SMA Muhammadiyah 3 Jember chosen by purposive method. The research participants were 30 students of XI IPA 1 as the experimental group and 30 students of XI IPA 3 as the control group. The experimental group was taught listening comprehension using Authentic Materials, while the control group was taught by conventional materials. The result showed that in t-test column, the value of significant (2-tailed) was 0,004 or there was a significant effect of Authentic Materials on the eleventh grade students‟ listening comprehension achievement. Therefore, the English teacher should use Authentic Materials in teaching English especially in teaching listening.