The Effect of Using Picture Files on Listening Comprehension Achievement of the First Year Students of SMPN 2 Lumajang in the 2004/2005 Academic Year.

Abstract

This research was intended to know whether or not there was a significant effect of using picture files on listening comprehension achievement of the first year students of SMPN 2 Lumajang in the 2004/2005 academic year. Quasy- experimental with randomized control group only design was used by the researcher. The respondents of the research were the first year students of SMPN 2 Lumajang consisting of 87 students. Two of the six classes that had the closest mean difference were chosen as the respondents of the research by using cluster random sampling by lottery regarding to the fact that the population was not homogeneous. Then one of them was treated as the experimental group and the other as the control group. Picture files was given to teach listening to the experimental group, and text was given to teach listening to the control group. To achieve the research objectives, the listening test was administered to obtain the primary data. Meanwhile, the supporting data was obtained by interview and documentation guide. To analyze the data, t-test formula was used with the significance level of 5%. The result showed that the statistical computation value of t-test was higher than that of the critical value of t-table (3.252 > 1.980). It meant that there was a significant effect of using picture files on listening comprehension achievement of the first year students of SMPN 2 Lumajang in 2004/2005 academic year. Based on the results of the research, teaching listening through picture files help the students reach better outcomes in listening.