ANALYSIS OF THE EFEECT OF USING PODCAST IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ LISTENING ABILITY AT SMK SINAR HUSNI

Abstrak

There are four fundamental abilities that language students need to dominate  are, listening, reading, speaking and writing. These four abilities are utilized to evaluate somebody's dominance of any language including English. listening comprehension is one of the most important elements in English language learning and it is described as an active process that involves the learners to form meaning from the spoken language. This research uses podcasts as a learning medium in analyzing students' listening abilities at SMK SINAR HUSNI. The research concerns with the study about analysis the effect of using podcast in improving students’ listening ability at SMK Sinar Husni. The finding revealed that there was significant effect of using podcast at SMK Sinar Husni in improving students’ listening ability because the sig.value 0,014 is lower than (<) 0,05, so H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. It can be seen from the differences between the result of the experimental class which were taught by using podcast and control class which were taught without using podcast.