Developing Listening Materials for the Tenth Graders

Muhammad Lukman Syafi’I

doi:10.30762/jeels.v3i1.174

Abstract

The needs survey shows that English listening skill of the students in the tenth graders of Indonesian Islamic High School or Madrasah Aliyah is not well developed. Consequently, the listening instructional materials based on standard of content 2006 used in the classes need to be advanced. The researcher used only one try out of the product, second revision in this study was the seventh step of Borg and Gall model operational product revision. This was done based on the result of the try out, and the final product (the production of the new materials). The development used in this study consists of needs survey, developing the materials, experts and teacher's validation, revision, try out, second revision and the final product. The product is found acceptable for the tenth grade students.

Highlights

Indonesia government has set a national standard stated in Standard of content 2006, Standard of Graduate Competence, and its implementation (Regulation of national Education Minister No 22, 23, 24, 2006) based on which English syllabus can be developed
The researcher tries to cover those principles in the process of developing listening material for the tenth year students such as ensuring that the quality of the tape recorded material must be good, having the instruction of repetition in each activity of listening, publishing remarks words whenever students have accomplished the task successfully, providing various exercises to avoid students‟ boredom, suggesting some activities that can be done by the teacher in the teacher‟s guide book
Since this research was done on the purpose of developing listening materials that were suitable for the tenth graders, it could be done through Research and Development (R&D) (Borg and Gall, 1983:771)

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Indonesia government has set a national standard stated in Standard of content 2006, Standard of Graduate Competence, and its implementation (Regulation of national Education Minister No 22, 23, 24, 2006) based on which English syllabus can be developed. Listening skill has not been given proper attention of the teachers in teaching learning English as a second or foreign language in secondary schools in Indonesia (Suparmin, 1999: 221) It happens in the school researched where the students do not get the chance to train their listening skills because of the unavailable listening material at school. The students need to know the function of language at least they are aware of the use of functional skill expression such as how to express their feeling or to respond others‟ in English naturally not just English sound Another reason why the teaching listening in the classroom is still far away from sufficient is the inadequacy of listening materials in the school. The researcher thinks it is necessary to develop the listening materials that can be done through research and development (R&D)

LITERATURE REVIEW The Teaching of Listening

Questionnaire: - For the students

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Introduction

Findings

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS