TEACHING MICRO SKILLS OF LISTENING THROUGH SONG

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah (1) menemukan aspek yang mengalami peningkatan yang signifikan pada nilai menyimak siswa setelah diajarkan melalui lagu,(2) menemukan persepsi siswa terhadap pengajaran keterampilan mikro dalam menyimak melalui lagu. Data didapat dari soal-soal menyimak dan kuesioner, kemudian diolah menggunakan SPSS 16.0. Hasil menunjukan bahwa keempat aspek yang diteliti mengalami kenaikan yang signifikan namun kenaikan yang paling besar terdapat pada aspek mendeteksi kata kunci, t-ratio lebih besar daripada t-table (4,595 2,052) dan nilai signifikansi dibawah 0,05 (p=0,00005). Itu berarti ada peningkatan yang signifikan antara nilai pre-test dan post-test pada nilai menyimak siswa. Data dari kuesioner menunjukan bahwa siswa member tanggapan positif terhadap pengajaran keterampilan mikro dalam menyimak melalui lagu. Ini dikarenakan lagu memberi efek santai dan menghibur bagi siswa, sehingga siswa dapat memahami materi yang diajarkan tanpa tekanan. The objectives of the research were: (1)to find out the significant improvement of the aspects of micro skills of listening through song, (2) to find out students’ perception toward teaching micro skills of listening through song. The data were collected by listening tests and questionnaire, and the data were computed using SPSS 16.0. The results showed that the forth aspects of micro skills of listening were increase significantly. Moreover, the most significant increase was in detecting keywords because t-ratio higher than t-table (4.5952.052) and the significant value is less than 0.05 (p=0.00005). It means that there was significant improvement from the pre-test to the post-test of the students listening score. The questionnaire-based data showed that students gave positive response toward teaching micro skills of listening through song, because song makes the students relax and also amusing so the students are easy to understand the material without pressure. Keywords: listening, micro skills of listening, song