Micro and Macro Skills of Listening
are expected to be able to find out the conclusion from that information. This finding is the knowledge that they get during the learning process.
e Communicating The last thing that they have to do is communicating the result. They can write
it or tell it in front of the class, so that they can share the knowledge that they find to other students and teacher as well.
3 Closing Activity This activity includes making a conclusion of the learning process, doing
evaluation or reflection, giving feedback of the process and result of the learning, making plan for remedial and enrichment, giving counseling or homework, and
informing them what they are going to do in the next meeting.
b. The Core Competences and Basic Competences of English Language for the Eighth-grade Students of Junior High School
To reach the aim of teaching English, especially for listening skill, the students of Junior High School now are using Core Competence and Basic Competence KI-
KD to measure the students’ achievement. It is listed in the Permendikbud No. 702013
. There are total of 15 core competences and 19 basic competences in English Language for the eighth-grade students of Junior High School. From those
basic competences, 6 of them are addressed to teach listening skills. Below is the list of the basic competences, especially those which are addressed to teach listening
skill.
Table 2.1. The Basic Competences for Listening Skill
4.4 Comprehending short and simple private invitation and greeting
card.
4.11 Comprehending short and simple descriptive texts in written and spoken form.
4.14 Comprehending short and simple recount texts in written and spoken form about actionsevents happened in the past.
4.16 Comprehending short and simple messages and notices. 4.18 Comprehending short and simple narrative texts in written and
spoken form in the form of fabel. 4.19 Comprehending songs.
The detailed information of the core competences and basic competences can be seen in Appendix D.