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.

3. Materials Development

According to Tomlinson 1998, materials are anything which are used by teachers or learners to facilitate their learning process. In order to develop the materials, the developer should conduct needs analysis which consists of the target needs and the learning needs. This action is done in order to get some information related to the necessities, lacks, and wants of the students Hutchinson and waters: 1987. Necessities are the knowledge or materials that the learners have to know. Meanwhile, lacks are the materials that the learners know and do not know already. The last, wants, are defined as what the learners think they need. Those three things are very important to obtain before the materials are developed. It makes the materials suitable for the needs of the students.