IMPROVING STUDENTS LISTENING COMPREHENSION THROUGH PODCAST BY SPOTIFY AT MTS AL IQDAM MERAPI SEKADAU

Abstract

Yuyun Sagita, 2024. “Improving Students Listening Comperhension Through Podcast By Spotify At Mts Al Iqdam Merapi Sekadau”. Thesis (S1) Tadris English Study Program (TBI). Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teachers Training (FTIK). State Islamic Institute of Pontianak (IAIN), Advisor I: Dr. Istiqamah MA. Advisor II: Nanik Shobikah, M. Pd. Academic Year 2023/2024. The purpose of this study is to how do students improve their listening comprehension after the first cycle through podcast by spotify, how do students improve their listening comprehension after the second cycle through podcast by spotify, how do students improve their listening comprehension from they first to second cycle through podcast by spotify. The difficulty in this study is restricted to the researchers' comprehension of the fundamentals of podcast recordings. Researchers employed podcasts as a tool to enhance students' listening abilities. This research is Classroom Action Research (CAR) which was carried out successfully in two cycles. Each cycle consists of planning, action, observation and reflection. In each meeting there are learning activities for 2x45 minutes. The object of this research is students' listening skills. In collecting data, researchers used tests (post-test I and post-test II), observation, documentation, and field notes. This research was conducted collaboratively with a seventh grade English teacher. The results of this research prove that using Podcasts can improve students' listening skills. This is because based on the results of post test II, 92% of students were able to achieve the Minimum Completeness Criteria (KKM). Apart from that, the results of post test II prove that the percentage of student learning activity is 84.37%, meaning that Podcasts can increase student learning activity. Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of Podcasts can improve students' listening skills and learning activities in class 7 MTs Al Iqdam Merapi.