THE USE OF AUDIO VISUAL MEDIA IN LEARNING ENGLISH TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION AT SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTS NEGERI TARAKAN

Abstract

The objective of the research was to find out whether using audio visual media
can improve the students’ listening comprehension at seventh grade students of
MTs Negeri Tarakan. This research used CAR (Classroom Action Research) conducted
in two cycles, each cycle consists of two meetings. The instrument of this research
were observation checklist for teacher and students, and listening test. The result of
the observation checklist for teacher got score in the first cycle, meeting I: 74
(70.47%) and meeting II: 80 (746.19%) then, the second cycle the score in meeting I:
83 (79.04%) and meeting II: 88 (81.90%). And The result of the students score in
first cycle 19 (70.37%) students success to reach the minimum passed grade
(KKM) and 8 (26.62%) students fail to reach the minimum passed grade. But in
second cycle there was improvement of the result of the students’ score in listening
comprehension, can be seen from the result that 22 (81.48%) students success to
reach the minimum passed grade and only 5 (18.51%) students fail to reach the
minimum passed grade. The conclusion in this research by using audio visual media in
learning English can improve students’ listening comprehension especially for
seventh grade students in MTs Negeri Tarakan.
Keyword: Listening comprehension, audio visual media