THE LISTENING COMPREHENSION OF THE EIGHT GRADE

STUDENTS OF SMP BHAKTI PRAJA KUDUS IN THE ACADEMIC

YEAR 2011/2012 TAUGHT BY USING BREAKINGNEWSENGLISH.COM

By
DEASY ADITYA RUBIYANTI
NIM 200732050

DEPARTEMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
2012
 THE LISTENING COMPREHENSION OF THE EIGHTH GRADE
STUDENTS OF SMP BHAKTI PRAJA KUDUS IN THE ACADEMIC
YEAR 2011/2012 TAUGHT BY USING BREAKINGNEWSENGLISH.COM

SKRIPSI

Presented to the University of Muria Kudus

In a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for Completing the Sarjana Program
In English Education

By
DEASY ADITYA RUBIYANTI
NIM 200732050

DEPARTEMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
2012
 MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO
Always keep the faith. (Cassiopeia)
As if nothing has happened, if today
passes, let’s not let go of each other
and we’ll make it through.
(Changmin)
Although I know it’s over, there’s no
other word I can say to you because I
only know you. (Junsu)
Although it may be difficult, I’m
going to say I love you. (Jaejoong)
Although we don’t know how far we
can reach, but let’s go until the end.
(Dong Bang Shin Ki).

DEDICATION
This skripsi is particularly dedicated
to:
Her beloved father, mother and sister.
Her dearest friends: Gie Na, Adhie, Po
Po, Sophie, Soo Yun for their
friendships.
Members of TVXQ for giving her the
strength to carry on through their
songs.
Her fiercest Cassiopeia fellows all
around the world for always keeping
their faith in the kings of Kpop.
 ADVISORS’ APPROVAL

This is to certify that the Sarjana Skripsi of Deasy Aditya Rubiyanti (NIM: 2007-
32-050) has been approved by the thesis advisors for further approval by the
Examining Committee.

Kudus, September 2012

Advisor I

Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd

NIS. 0610713020001020

Advisor II

Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, SS, M.Pd

NIS. 0610701000001187

Acknowledged by
The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Dean,

Dr. Susilo Rahardjo, M.Pd

NIP.19560619 198503 1 002
 EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL

This is to certify that the Sarjana Skripsi of Deasy Aditya Rubiyanti (NIM: 2007-

32-050) has been approved by the Examining Committee as requirement for the

Sarjana Degree in the Teaching of English as Foreign Language.

Kudus, September 2012

Skripsi Examining Committee:

Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd Chairperson

NIS. 0610713020001020

Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, SS, M.Pd

NIS. 0610701000001187
Member
,

Dr. Muh. Syafei, M.Pd

NIP. 19620413-198803-1-002
Member

Fitri Budi Suryani, SS, M.Pd

NIP. 0610701000001155

Acknowledged by Member
The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Dean,

Drs. Susilo Rahardjo, M.Pd

NIP 19560619-198503-1-002
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Praising to the almighty Allah for the mercy, blessing and love in whole

life especially in the successful completion of this skripsi. May peace and bless be

upon Prophet Muhammad SAW, may God’s peace be with him, auspicious prayer

is on all of his just and devoted companions.

This skripsi could not be completed without a great deal of help from

many people, especially Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd and Agung Dwi Nurcahyo,

SS, M.Pd as advisors who always guided and suggested the writer to make a good

skripsi, from beginning to the end.

The deepest gratitude also goes to those who helped the writer in finishing

this skripsi, among others:

1. Dr. Susilo Rahardjo, M. Pd as the Dean of Teacher Training and

Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University.

2. Fitri Budi Suryani, S.S, M. Pd as the Head of English Education

Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty Muria Kudus

University.

3. Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd as the first advisor, for all his invaluable time

and patience in guiding the writer during the process of writing.

4. Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, SS, M.Pd as the second advisor, for all his patience

and through in examining this final project.

5. Lilik Kaneka Putra, Spd as the Principle of SMP Bhakti Praja Kudus, who

has given permission and facilitation for the writer to conduct the research.
6. Mrs. Sri Sumarni, Spd as the English teacher in SMP Bhakti Praja Kudus

who guides and helps her in conducting the research.

7. All of the students of SMP Bhakti Praja Kudus especially the eighth

grader, who have involved actively and given support in conducting the

research.

8. To Gie Na, Adhie, Po Po, Sophie, Flow, Ann Isidro, Soo Yun for the

friendships offered to her.

9. To her beloved father, mother, and obnoxious younger sister for endlessly

pestering her to quickly finish the skripsi

The writer hopes this skripsi gives benefit for the readers.

Kudus, September 2012

Deasy Aditya Rubiyanti

NIM 200732050
 ABSTRACT

Aditya, R. Deasy. 2012. The Listening Comprehension of the Eighth Grade

Students of SMP Bhakti Praja Kudus in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught
by Using Breaking News English. Skripsi. English Education Department,
Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University. Advisors :
(i) Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd., (ii) Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, SS, M.Pd.

Keywords: listening comprehension, breakingnenwsenglish.com.

In learning English there are four skills students should have mastered and
listening comprehension as one of these skills is considered to be the one having
the most important role in building communication skill. Although listening
comprehension is the basic skill in understanding English, it is the most difficult
to master of all areas of language skills because English has different elements
that can cause some difficulties for Indonesian student. Not only that, English
teaching sometimes still uses monotone activities in the classroom, therefore the
majority of the Indonesian students’ test results are still below the Minimum
Standard Competency. A media is surely be used to help teacher in arousing the
students’ interest to study English. Media are not only pictures and stories, but
internet sites can be applied to teach language in the classroom too and not be
used for entertaining purposes only. One of them is Breaking News English.com
which has over hundreds topics, dealing with listening comprehension which are
updated every three days.
This research has a purpose to find out the answer from the statement of
the problem, is there is any significant difference between the achievement in
listening comprehension of the eighth grade students of SMP Bhakti Praja Kudus
before and after being taught by using Breaking News English.com.
This is a quantitative research, which relies on quantitative data based on
computation and measurement, operational variables and statistics. The method of
the research is experiment. This design of the study is the quasi-experimental
method with pre-test and posttest. The data are taken from the synonym match,
phrase match, and fill in gaps tests. This research applied a simple random
sampling technique to get samples. After the students are given the pre test, they
are given the treatment for four meetings. Then, the data is analyzed using the t-
test method to find out whether there is significant difference between the
achievement in listening comprehension before and after being taught by using
Breaking News English.com.
The use of Breaking News English.com in teaching listening comprehension
can help the students’ listening comprehension. It is supported by significant
result of the post test which was higher (58,2) than the result of pre test which was
(34,1). From the fact above, it is safe to conclude that Breaking News
English.com gives positive effects in teaching listening comprehension.
The use of Breaking News English.com in teaching listening comprehension
shows good results. The English teacher of Junior High School should consider
using it in teaching listening comprehension. It is better that the teacher uses
monologue recordings, and play the recording at least three times. It takes times
for students to understand the monologue vocabulary and the students have
different abilities to memorize and to comprehend them. Beside students can visit
Breaking News English.com site to learn individually and in group for better
result in listening comprehension as they can exercise by themselves at home.
 ABSTRAK

Aditya, R. Deasy. 2012. The Listening Comprehension of the Eighth Grade

Students of SMP Bhakti Praja Kudus in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught
by Using Breaking News English. Skripsi. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa
Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus.
Pembimbing : (i) Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd., (ii) Agung Dwi Nurcahyo,
SS, M.Pd.

Keywords: pemahaman mendengar, breakingnenwsenglish.com.

Dalam pembelajaran bahasa Inggris terdapat empat keahlian siswa harus

kuasai dan pemahaman mendengar yang merupakan salah satunya dirasa
mempunyai peran paling penting dalam membangun keahlian berkomunikasi.
Meskipun pemahaman mendengar adalah keahlian dasar dalam memahami bahasa
Inggris, juga yang paling sulit dikuasai dari semua area keahlian bahasa karena
bahasa Inggris memiliki elemen berbeda yang menyulitkan siswa Indonesia.
Tidak hanya itu, pengajaran bahasa Inggris terkadang menggunakan kegiatan
monoton dalam ruang kelas, karenanya sebagian hasil ujian siswa Indonesia masih
dibawah KKM. Sebuah media tentunya bisa digunakan untuk membantu guru
dalam meningkatkan ketertarikan siswa untuk belajar bahasa Inggris. Media tidak
melulu gambar dan cerita, tetapi situs internet bisa diapplikasikan dalam
pengajaran bahasa di ruang kelas dan tidak difungsikan untuk tujuan hiburan
semata. Satu diantaranya adalah Breaking News English.com yang memiliki
ratusan topic, berhubungan dengan pemahaman mendengar yang di update setiap
tiga hari.
Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan untuk mendapatkan jawaban dari pernyataan
masalah, adakah perbedaan yang signifikan antara pencapaian dalam pemahaman
mendengar dari siswa kelas delapan di SMP Bhakti Praja Kudus sebelum dan
sesudah diajarkan dengan menggunakan Breaking News English.com.
Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif, yang bergantung pada data
kuantitatif berdasarkan perhitungan dan pengukuran, variabel operasional dan
statistik. Metode peneliatan adalah eksperimen. Desain penelitiannya adalah
metode kuasi-eksperimental dengan pre-test dan posttest. Data diambil dari test
pemasangan sinonim, pemasangan frase, dan melengkapi kalimat. Penelitian ini
menggunakan teknik simple random sampling untuk mendapatkan sample.
Setelah siswa diberikan pre-test, mereka diberikan treatment selama empat kali
pertemuan. Kemudian, data dianalisis menggunakan metode t-test untuk mencari
tahu apakah ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara pencapaian dalam pemahaman
mendengar sebelum dan sesudah diajarkan dengan menggunakan Breaking News
English.com.
Penggunaan Breaking News English.com dalam pengajaran pemahaman
mendengar dapat membantu kemampuan mendengar siswa. Hal ini didukung oleh
hasil posttest yang lebih tinggi (58,2) daripada hasil pre test (34,1). Dari fakta
diatas, dapat disimpulkan bahwa Breaking News English.com memberikan efek
positif dalam pengajaran pemahaman mendengar.
Penggunaan Breaking News English.com dalam pengajaran pemahaman
mendengar menunjukkan hasil yang baik. Guru bahasa Inggris SMP hendaknya
mempertimbangkan menggunakannya dalam pengajaran pemahaman mendengar.
Guru lebih baik menggunakan rekaman monolog, dan memainkan rekaman paling
tidak tiga kali. Karena butuh waktu bagi siswa untuk mengerti kosakata monolog
dan siswa memiliki kemampuan berbeda dalam mengingat dan memahaminya.
Selain itu siswa bisa mengunjungi situs Breaking News English.com untuk belajar
sendiri dan dalam grup untuk hasil yang lebih baik dalam pemahaman mendengar
sebab mereka bisa berlatih sendiri di rumah.
 TABLE OF CONTENT

Page

COVER ……………………………………………………………………....…. i
LOGO …………………………………………………………………….…… ii
TITLE ……………………………………………………………………….… iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION …………………………………………….… iv
ADVISORS’ APPROVAL …………………………………………………… v
EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL ………………………………………………… vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT …………………………………………………… vii
ABSTRACT …………………………………………………………………. ix
TABLE OF CONTENT ……………………………………………………… xiii
LIST OF TABLES …………………………………………………………… xvi
LIST OF FIGURES …………………………………………………………… xvii
LIST OF APPENDICES ……………………………………………………… xviii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Research ………………………………………………… 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem …………………………………………………. 3
1.3 Objective of the Research …………………………………………………… 4
1.4 Significance of the Research …………………………………………..…… 4
1.5 Limitation of the Research …………………………………………….…… 5
1.6 Operational Definition ……………………………………………….…….. 6

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND

HYPOTHESIS
2.1 Listening Comprehension ……………………………………………….…… 7
2.1.1 Definition of Listening ………………………………………………… 7
2.1.2 Types of Listening ………………………..……………………………… 8
2.1.3 Listening Skills ………………………………………………………… 9
2.1.3.1 Bottom-up and Top-down Skills ……………………………………… 11
2.1.3.2 Micro- and Macro Skills of Listening ……….………..……………… 12
2.2 Teaching Listening Comprehension …………….………………………… 13
2.2.1 Teaching English in SMP Bhakti Praja Kudus ……………………….……15
2.2.2 ESA (Engage, Study, Activate) as the Strategy of Teaching Listening
Comprehension ……………………………………………………...... 16
2.3 Breaking News English.com …………………………………………...... 17
2.3.1 History ……………………………………………………….………… 18
2.3.2 Features ………………………………………………………………… 19
2.3.2.1 Pre-Listening Activities ……………………………………………… 19
2.3.2.2 Listening Exercise …………………………………………………… 21
2.3.2.3 Media Files …………………………………………………………… 23
2.3.2.4 Post-Listening Activities ……………………………………………... 23
2.3.2.5 Homework ……………………………………………………………. 25
2.3.2.6 Answer ………………………………………………………………... 26
2.4 Review of Previous Research …………………………………………….. 28
2.5 Theoretical Framework …………………………………………………… 29
2.6 Hypothesis ………………………………………………………………… 30

CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH

3.1 Design of the Research …..…………………………………………….… 31
3.2 The Research Variables …………………………………………………… 32
3.3 Population and Samples ………………………………………………….… 33
3.4 The Instrument of the Study ……………………………………………….…34
3.5 The Data Collection ……………………………………………………….. 35
3.6 Data Analysis ……………..……………………………………………….. 35

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING

4.1 The Listening Comprehendion of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Bhakti
Praja Kudus in the Academic Year 2011/2012 before Being Taught by Using
Breaking News English.com……………………………………………… 39
4.2 The Listening Comprehendion of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Bhakti
Praja Kudus in the Academic Year 2011/2012 after Being Taught by Using
Breaking News English.com ………………………………….………….. 42
4.3 Hypothesis Testing .…………………………………………………..…… 44
CHAPTER V DISCUSSION
5.1 The Listening Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Bhakti
Praja Kudus in the Academic Year 2011/2012 before Being Taught by Using
Breaking News English.com ……………………………….……………... 48
5.2 The Listening Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Bhakti
Praja Kudus in the Academic Year 2011/2012 after Being Taught by Using
Breaking News English.com ……………………………………………... 49
5.3 The Use of Breaking News English.com in Teaching Listening
Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Bhakti Praja Kudus in
the Academic Year 2011/2012……………………………………………… 50

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

6.1 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………. 52
6.2 Suggestion ………………………………………………………………….. 53

BIBLIOGRAPHY …………………………………………………………..…. 55
APPENDICES ………………………………………………………………..…..57
CURRICULUM VITAE ……………………………………………………..….3
122
 LIST OF TABLES

Table Page

3.1 The Total Population of Eighth Grade Students of SMP Bhakti Praja
Kudus ……………………………………………………………………. 33

3.2 The Sample of the Research, Eighth Grade Students .........…………….. 34

3.3 The Criteria of the Students’ Scores ……………………………………. 36

 LIST OF FIGURE

Figure Page

3.1 The Schema of Quasi-Experimental Design ……………………………. 32

4.1 The Polygon Pre Test Result of Listening Comprehension of Eighth Grade
Students …………………………………………………………………. 41

4.2 The Polygon Posttest Result of Listening Comprehension of Eighth Grade

Students ………………………………………………………………….. 44

4.3 Sampling Distribution showing t (obtained) versus t (critical) = 0.05

Two tailed test, df = 33 ………………………………………………….. 47
 LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix Page

1. The Syllabus of Listening Comprehension of the Second Semester of SMP

Bhakti Praja Kudus in the Academic Year 2011/2012 ………………………... 57
2. The Pre and Posttest …………………………………………………………… 61
3. Key Answer …………………………………………………………………… 64
4. Lesson Plan ……………………………………………………………………. 66
5. The Data Pre Test Scores of Listening Comprehension of the Eighth Grade
Students of SMP Bhakti Praja Kudus in the Academic Year 2011/2012
before Being Taught by Using Breaking News English.com ….....………....... 117
6. The Data Posttest Scores of Listening Comprehension of the Eighth Grade
Students of SMP Bhakti Praja Kudus in the Academic Year 2011/2012 after
Being Taught by Using Breaking News English.com ………………………… 118
7. The Calculation of t observation (t 0) ………………………………………….. 119
8. Significance Table at 5% and 1% Level of Significance……………………… 121