Developing listening software for improving the listening skill of third-grade students of Dharma Mulya Christian Senior High School Surabaya

Salim, Peedo (2010) Developing listening software for improving the listening skill of third-grade students of Dharma Mulya Christian Senior High School Surabaya. Undergraduate thesis, Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya.

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Abstract

It has been broadly accepted that English is considered as an international language. Accordingly, English is taught as the first foreign language from kindergarten up to high schools. In order to be successful learners of English as a foreign language, we need the mastery of the four language skills, namely: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Among those skills, listening is the most essential one in communication since people principally hear first before producing sounds. Learning listening, however, should be supported by adequate learning resources if a successful teaching-learning process is to occur. The reality shows that the limited learning resources have caused the learning of listening skill to be problematic for students. In some senior high schools, the main resources used in learning English are mostly English textbooks. On the other hand, many of textbooks are designed and developed without considering the needs of the school. It, by all means, makes it difficult for some students to comprehend the materials. That problem happened to the students of Dharma Mulya Christian Senior High School Surabaya. Concerning the fact, an improvement of the way in learning listening is prominently needed. Thus, producing and developing an alternative learning resource to learn listening by utilizing computer technology is believed to be able to make the learning more effective and attractive. Computer- Assisted Language Learning is one of the alternative resources to solve the learning problem. The main objective of this study is to produce CALL software for improving listening skill of the third-grade students of Senior High Schools. The components and design of the software are made in a way that could motivate students to learn listening more effectively and attractively. The components are attention-gaining materials, learning objectives, content, exercises, tests, and feedbacks. There were five steps that had been followed in the process of developing this learning software as the product of this developmental study, namely: (1) deciding the material which was going to be developed via needs analysis, (2) identifying the syllabus of the material going to be developed (based on standard of graduate competency), (3) developing the software, (4) producing the software, and (5) conducting product try-outs. In order to produce good quality software, an evaluation was conducted by experts and it was then used as the basis for the first revision. Furthermore, a series of try-outs by students were done and the results of the try-out were used as the basis for revision in order to improve the quality of the software: (l) individual try-out with three students and the result was used as the basis for the second revision, (2) field try-out with sixty students and the result was used as the basis for the third revision. The subjects were third-grade students of Dharma Mulya Christian Senior High School Surabaya. The data of the try-outs were in the form of percentage and comments and suggestions. The field try-out as the final try-out of this developed software confirms that: 1. The result of the evaluation on this developed software given by the students is good. 2. The field try-out that involves 60 students shows that this developed software is generally good, attractive, and is appropriate to improve the listening skill of the students and to motivate the students to learn English. As a conclusion, this developed CALL software has a good quality and can be used as an alternative media for learning listening. In additio n, it can be used to improve the students’ listening skill and to increase their motivation in learning English, to introduce the model of electronic learning using computer, and the materials are appropriate for third-grade students of Senior High School.

Item Type:	Thesis (Undergraduate)
Department:	["eprint_fieldopt_department_Faculty of Teacher Training and Education" not defined]
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Computer-Assisted Language Learning, Self Learning, Listening Comprehension
Subjects:	English Education
Divisions:	Faculty of Teacher Training and Education > English Education Study Program
Depositing User:	Thomas Aryanatan Lena
Date Deposited:	06 Oct 2016 08:51
Last Modified:	06 Oct 2016 08:51
URI:	http://repository.ukwms.ac.id/id/eprint/8773

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