IMPROVING LISTENING COMPREHENSION SKILLS OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS THROUGH AUDIO – LINGUAL METHOD

Abstract

This research aims to find out whether the use of Audio-lingual Method can improve listening comprehension skills of the second year students of Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri Taipa. The research samples were VIII B as the experimental group which consisted of 26 students and VIII A as the control group which consisted of 25 students selected by cluster sampling technique. The instrument of data collection was a test which was given as pre-test and post-test. The data were analyzed statistically in order to find out the significance of the achievement of the students in pre-test (40.1) and post-test (60.5). The researcher used 0.05 level of significant with 49 degrees of freedom (d.f. 26+25-2 = 49). After analyzing statistically, the researcher found that the result of t-counted was (12.8) higher than t-table (2.00). It means that the use of Audio-lingual Method can improve listening comprehension skills of second year students Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri Taipa.

Keywords: Listening, Comprehension, Audio-Lingual Method.