the classroom was done after interviewing the English teacher. Based on the result of the pre-test, the interview, the questionnaire and observation, the problems in
the listening teaching - learning process was classified to be solved based on the priority scale. From the background and identification in chapter I, there were
some problems that researcher wants to investigate. The researcher considers to focus on students‟ problems related to the listening ability, which included t
he teacher did not use interesting materials in using film, the teacher did not use an
appropriate strategy in teaching listening in using film, and the students did not have good ability in listening to meet the standard score.
2. Actions
a. Planning
All members of this collaborative action research discussed to plan some actions to be implemented in the class.
The researcher made possible plans covering other research members‟ opinion, suggestion, expectation and materials
to overcome the listening problems. Film clips media was chosen as the media to
improve the students‟ listening comprehension. Actions planned to be carried out were as the following.
1 Using authentic materials to attract the students‟ motivation in listening.
2 Using film clips media in teaching and learning process of listening.
b. Action and Observing the Action
The interpretation of the phenomenon happened during the action was writing and discussing with the English teacher to improve the next action. In this action,
the action was conducted by the researcher whereas the English teacher observed the action implemented by taking notes.
Thus, interviewing the students and the English teacher was done after the listening teaching-learning process ended.
In this action, the researcher implements the planning has made. The observation
was done during the action implemented. At first, this study was planned for cycle one. At the end
of Cycle I showed that the result of the students‟ achievement test and the students‟ involvement in the classroom activities were not satisfying yet,
the researcher decided to conduct Cycle II with some changes for improvement. The researcher gathered th
e data about the way the students‟ respond to the action, observed and took notes on the way the students‟ respond to the actions
and the obstacles occurred during the implementation of the actions. The interview was conducted to analyze the students‟ feelings, opinions, and
suggestions concerning the actions. The researcher discussed the implemented actions with the English teacher. Subsequently, the researcher and the English
teacher identified the successful and unsuccessful actions, and the possibility to
improve the actions. The results of this evaluation process were considered for the reflection in the next step.
c. Reflection
