6 materials for the following English listening teaching-learning activities. Here, the
English teachers are expected to motivate the students to be more familiar with English especially with the listening activities by using the design of the
materials. Furthermore, the design of the materials is to motivate the teachers to develop their own listening materials using their own creativity.
2. For the Tenth Grade Students of
SMA Dominikus Wonosari
This study is to provide a set of English listening materials using Task- Based Instructions for the first semester of the tenth grade students of SMA
Dominikus Wonosari. By applying this set of English instructional listening materials, hopefully, the students will be easier to improve their English skills
especially listening skill.
F. Definition of Terms
There are some terms need to be clarified in order to avoid misunderstanding. Those terms are Listening, Instructional Materials, the tenth
grade students, SMA Dominikus Wonosari, School-Based Curriculum, and Task- Based Instructions.
1. Listening
Rost 2002 defines listening as a process of receiving what the speaker actually says, constructing and representing meaning, negotiation meaning with
the speaker and responding and creating meaning through involvement, imagination and empathy. In this study, listening is defined as an active and
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students obtained from the listening activities they have done.
2. Instructional Materials
Gagne Briggs 1979: 3 state that Instruction is a set of events, which affect learners in such a way that learning is facilitated. It also includes events that
are generated by a pager of print, by a picture, by a television programs, or by a combination of physical objects, among other things. In other words, the materials
must be chosen carefully or must be suited with the students’ need so that the teaching-learning process can run smoothly. According to Briggs 1977: 19,
instruction is the chosen solution to the educational program. In this study, instructional materials can be simply means all of materials that are used to
facilitate the students in learning.
3. The Tenth Grade Students
There were 45 students of the tenth grade. They were divided in two classes. Their listening ability was considered as poor or still in beginner level.
4. SMA Dominikus Wonosari
SMA Dominikus is a Private Senior High School which is located in Wonosari. It has two classes of the tenth grade. The English lesson for the tenth
grade in this school was conducted twice a week. The English teachers conducted the listening practice only every two weeks. The students’ listening ability in this
school was considered as poor or still in a beginner level. Seeing this reason, the
writer is sure that her design of the materials will be very useful for SMA Dominikus Wonosari.
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5. School-Based Curriculum
