Utomo, Slamet and Kusmaryati, Sri Endang and Sulistyowati, Titis (2021) News item for teaching listening: top-down and bottom-up processes. [Experiment]

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This research was conducted to study the listening proficiency of first semester students. As freshmen, they still have limited vocabulary mastery, because they never practiced listening previously. Therefore they find listening as a boring activity. However listening is considered as the basic language skill which acquire serious effort to master. This is the basic skill before speaking. In this research the researchers introduce news items as the listening resources. The materials have been specially designed to meet the students need and their English level. By using text to voice converter software, the researcher tries to design news audio as the listening material for the students. News item in this research refers to any selected information serve in audio recorded monologues. This research is conducted to implement the listening module which has been designed by adopting bottom-up and top-down listening processes. This research is aims to explained (i) the students’ listening proficiency before being taught by using bottom-up and top-down listening processes, (ii) the students’ listening proficiency after being taught by using bottom-up and top-down listening processes, (iii) the significant difference of the students’ listening proficiencies before and after being taught by using bottom-up and top-down listening processes. This research is an experimental research. To answer research questions, the researcher used experimental research design with one group only using pre and post-test design. The population of this research was the first semester students of English Education Department in Universitas Muria Kudus. The subjects of the research were students in class C with the total number of students are 22. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The researchers conclude that, the top-down and bottom-up process in listening is suitable for teaching news item. From the paired t-test sample, it is proved that there is a significant difference between the pre and post-test data which then indicate that the students’ listening comprehension on news item increase significantly. The pre listening activities provide the students a chance to gain some listening clues, and by doing so, the background knowledge of the students are stimulated. Brainstorming the students by describing some visual aids and understanding some key words which relate to the topics will rise students’ excitement and curiosity to relate the topics with current issues. Therefore before the students start their listening, they already possess some valuable knowledge. This knowledge helps them to understand the topic even before they start listening. For further research, the researchers offer some suggestion. A rigorous analysis on students’ positive and negative behavior in doing online learning and the effect on the students’ learning motivation need to be done. The purpose of the research could focus on the development of the students as independent learners and to find a way to motivate the students during online learning. During the pandemic, teachers are strongly suggested to have online teaching, but there are possibility that this kind of learning will be done as the alternative way of teaching in the future. Therefore it will be advantageous for teachers and students to adjust and to adapt themselves with the current online teaching and learning effectively.

Item Type:	Experiment
Kata Kunci:	Listening Skill, News Item, Audio, Bottom-up, Top-down
Subjects:	Pendidikan > Pendidikan (Umum) Pendidikan > Teori dan praktek pendidikan
Program Studi:	Fakultas Keguruan & Ilmu Pendidikan > Magister Pendidikan Dasar (S2)
Depositing User:	Mr Firman Al Mubaroq
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2022 02:01
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2022 02:01
URI:	http://eprints.umk.ac.id/id/eprint/15958

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