Audio Visual Aid IMPROVING STUDENTS' LISTENING COMPREHENSION THROUGH VIDEO AS MEDIA AT THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 PRINGSEWU

Listening is not only a passive skill; it is also a vital part of language skills that must be mastered by students. Listening comprehension is the process to get and understand the meaning about the topic. Listening comprehension can be developed by using media in teaching learning process, such as video. As explained before, video pr ovides visual and audio stimuli that promote students’ listening comprehension. As Putriani 2013 says that, the use of video is appropriate media to attract the students’ attention and the students’ interest in understanding the unknown words since the teaching language through video makes language more alive and meaningful and helps to bring the real world into the classroom. Teaching listening through is good to be used in classroom because video can stimulate and motivate students’ interest.

2.8 Procedure of Teaching Listening through Video

In developing students’ listening comprehension, the researcher will present the application of video as media in teaching listening. The aim of the research is to increase students’ listening achievement and students’ motivation. The procedure of teaching listening comprehension through video is conducted as following steps: Pre activity  Teacher greets the students, checks students’ attendance list, and prepares the class  Teacher brainstorms the students by asking question based to the material  Teacher asks several questions to stimulate students’ background knowledge  Teacher tells the material will be learned News Items While Activities  Teacher explains about news items text definition, social function, example  Teacher views video without the sound.  Teacher asks students to make prediction about the video  Teacher divides students into 5-6 groups  Teacher plays the video  Teacher asks students to make a notes about the specific information based the video  Teacher gives question related to the video and asks students to discuss in- group.  Teacher plays the video again with subtitle and asks the students to fill the blank in video subtitle  Teacher asks students to presents their work  Teacher evaluate the students’ work Post Activities  Teacher discusses the students’ work and asks for students’ answer. If there is mistake in answering questions, the teacher gives correction.  Teacher asks the students about material that have been taught  Teacher concludes the material and closes the meeting

2.9 The Advantages and Disadvantages

There are some advantages and disadvantages of using video in teaching listening.

1. Advantages

 Video brings language in the context of life in realistic setting to the classroom