SUSILOWATI, 2201405661

STORYTELLING AS A TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING LISTENING TO YOUNG LEARNERS (A Classroom Action Research at the Fifth Grade Students of SD 1 Rembun in the Academic Year of 2008/2009)

Identitas Mahasiswa - NAMA : SUSILOWATI - NIM : 2201405661 - PRODI : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris - JURUSAN : BAHASA & SASTRA INGGRIS - FAKULTAS : Bahasa dan Seni - EMAIL : Jenk_zie pada domain yahoo.com - PEMBIMBING 1 : Dra. C. Murni Wahyanti, M.A - PEMBIMBING 2 : Rohani, S.Pd., M.A - TGL UJIAN : 2009-08-28

JudulSTORYTELLING AS A TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING LISTENING TO YOUNG LEARNERS (A Classroom Action Research at the Fifth Grade Students of SD 1 Rembun in the Academic Year of 2008/2009)

AbstrakThe topic of this study is teaching listening to young learners usingstorytelling. The objective of this study is to know whether using stoyrtelling inteaching listening effective for the young learners.In order to achieve the objective of this study, the writer designs anaction research using four steps; planning, action, observation, and reflection. Thepopulation of this study is the fifth grader of SD N 1 Rembun. The subjects were20 students. There were five meetings during the action research. Before theaction research was conducted, a pre test was given. A post test was given afterthe treatments were done. The test was about the story consisting of 30 multiplechoice items.Before the test was used, it had been tried out. The purpose ofconducting the try-out was to find out the validity of the test as an instrument. Thetest items had also revised before they were used as the instrument of this study.The result of this study shows that the post test scores are better thanthe pre test scores. It can be seen by comparing their means. The means of the pretest score is 71 while the post test score is 84. It means that there is animprovement in grade of test achieved by students after they have been taughtusing storytelling.In line with the result, the writer suggests that a teacher must be able tocreate her own way to improve her/his students’ interest in following his/herteaching. So, it is recommended that the teacher can use storytelling as one of thealternative techniques in teaching listening because there are some advantagesfound in it. storytelling is interesting and enjoyable that makes the students havehigh motivation in listening .

Kata KunciStorytelling, Listening, Young learner

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