IMPROVING THE GRADE VIII STUDENTS’ LISTENING SKILLS THROUGH THE USE OF MOVEMENT AND CARD GAMES AT SMP N 10 YOGYAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2016/2017

Abstract

The aim of this research was to improve the listening skills of grade VIII students through the use of Movement and Card Games. The type of this research was action research. The subjects were thirty four students of Class VIII D at SMP N 10 Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2016/2017. The data in this research included the qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were gathered through observation, interviews, and photographing. The quantitative data were collected through conducting tests. The data analysis techniques for the qualitative data were assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building meanings and interpretations, and reporting the outcomes. The quantitative data were analyzed using t-test. The procedures of the research consisted of the steps of reconnaissance, planning, implementing actions and observing, and making reflections. The results of the research showed that the use of Movement and Card Games did help the students improve their listening skills. In detail, the results of the qualitative and quantitative data analysis were: (a) the use of classroom English and dialogue recordings gave the students more inputs that made them got more familiar to English; (b) the implementation of Movement and Card Games made the students practice listening more and do more listening exercises so that their listening skills improved; (c) the implementation of the games made the learning activities and the media more varied, so the students became more enthusiastic in learning; (d) the mean of  the post-test scores was higher than that of the pre-test scores by 27.05 points and the t-test result showed the significance level of 0.000. Thus, from those results, it could be concluded that the use of Movement and Card Games successfully helped the students improve their listening skills.