IMPROVING SEVENTH GRADERS’ LISTENING SKILL BY USING STOP MOTION VIDEO

Listening is the basic skill in learning English. If the students can master
listening skill well, they will easily understand and able to learn other skill of
English. Listening skill is also important as speaking skill. Without good listening
skill usually people can’t speak fluently with others. They need listening skill to
help their idea in understanding what someone says. Unfortunately, many students
have difficulties to follow listening activity. It happened on the seventh grades of
SMP N 2 Godean when the researcher did the observation. The researcher found
that some students in class seventh grades have low ability in learning listening.
Based on the problem above, this research conducted to improve students’ listening
skill by using stop motion video. The aims of conducting this research are as follow:
(1) to improve students’ listening skills using stop motion video; (2) to know
students’ attitude toward stop motion video.
The Classroom Action Research was used by the researcher in conducting
this research. The main subjects of this research were 32 students of class VII C at
SMP N 2 Godean. This research was conducted in two cycles with two meetings
for each cycle. The data were collected through the observation, interview,
questionnaire, and listening pre-test and post-test.
The results from the test shows that stop motion video improved the students’
listening skills. There was an increase in the means score from 62.6 in the pre-test
to 84.2 in the post-test. Based on the data above, it can be concluded that the
implementation of stop motion video in the classroom increase students’ listening
skill.

Keywords: Classroom Action Research, Stop Motion Video, Listening, Junior
High School.