The Correlation between the Use of Audio-Visual Learning Media and Children's Listening Skill in Suwawa Selatan

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between the use of audio-visual learning media and children's listening skill at Group B of kindergarten in Bone Bolango Regency, Gorontalo. Employing a quantitative correlational method, this study involved 30 kindergarten children as the population and sample; total sampling technique was applied. Further, the data were collected from the observation. The results of the study and statistic calculation show a correlation coefficient $\mathbf{r}_{\mathbf{c}\mathbf{o}\mathbf{u}\mathbf{n}\mathbf{t}}=\pmb{0.590}$ in which the value of $\pmb{\mathrm{r}_{\mathrm{t}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}\mathrm{l}\mathrm{e}}= 0.361,}$ meaning that the utilization of audio-visual learning media determines 34.81% of the listening skill. The remaining 65.19% is determined by other factors excluded in this study. This is to say that Ho is rejected and accepts H a ,or in other words, the research hypothesis “there is a correlation between the use of audio-visual learning media and children's listening skill at group B of kindergarten in Suwawa Selatan Sub-district., Bone Bolango Regency” is accepted.