THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING AUDIO BOOKS TOWARDS STUDENTS LISTENING SKILL AT TENTH GRADE OF SMK NEGERI 2 CILEGON

Pembimbing: Delsa Miranty, M.Pd. dan Eri Rahmawati, M.A. 

The aim of the research was to find out the effectiveness of using Audio books toward students listening skill at the tenth grade of SMK Negeri Kota Cilegon. The researcher took the tenth grade of SMK Negeri Kota Cilegon. This research used quantitative approach with true experimental research design. The populations of this research were all of the students of tenth grade in SMK Negeri Kota Cilegon in the first semester, school year 2017/2018. The samples were the students of X KI 2 as experimental class and X KI 1 as control class. The classes were chosen by simple random sampling from seven classes. In collecting the data, the researcher conducted pretest and posttest consisting of 10 multiple choice items A, B, or C. In analyzing the data, the researcher used T-test. The result of the calculation showed that the significance degree of 5% is is tcount (3.19) is higher than ttable (2.00). The null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. Therefore, it can be concluded that using audio books is effective on the students listening skill at the tenth grade in SMK Negeri Kota Cilegon.
Keywords: Listening, Media, Audio books.

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