The Purpose of Teaching Listening

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9. Teaching Listening at SMA

a. The Purpose of Teaching Listening

Listening, in Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan 2006 untuk SMA MA, has equal emphasis to other language skills and is led to communicative competence as well as reflected in the scopes of English learning in SMA which include: 1 Kemampuan berwacana, yakni kemampuan memahami danatau menghasilkan teks lisan danatau tulis yang direalisasikan dalam empat keterampilan berbahasa, yakni mendengarkan, berbicara, membaca dan menulis secara terpadu untuk mencapai tingkat literasi informational; 2 Kemampuan memahami dan menciptakan berbagai teks fungsional pendek dan monolog serta esei berbentuk procedure, descriptive, recount, narrative, report, news item, analytical exposition, hortatory exposition, spoof, explanation, discussion, review, public speaking. Gradasi bahan ajar tampak dalam penggunaan kosa kata, tata bahasa, dan langkah-langkah retorika; 3 Kompetensi pendukung, yakni kompetensi linguistik menggunakan tata bahasa dan kosa kata, tata bunyi, tata tulis, kompetensi sosiokultural menggunakan ungkapan dan tindak bahasa secara berterima dalam berbagai konteks komunikasi, kompetensi strategi mengatasi masalah yang timbul dalam proses komunikasi dengan berbagai cara agar komunikasi tetap berlangsung, dan kompetensi pembentuk wacana menggunakan piranti pembentuk wacana. While the expected learning outcomes outlined for the students of the tenth, elevenths, and twelfths grades on the listening skill are as follows: 1 Tenth grade The students are able to 1 Respond to short functional texts in the forms of announcement, advertisement, and invitation; 2 Respond to the texts in the form of a descriptive, procedure, recount, narrative, report, and news item. commit to user 26 2 Eleventh grade The students of all programs are able to 1 Respond to short functional texts in the forms of banner, poster, and pamphlet, 2 Comprehend of essay texts in the forms of narrative, report, analytical exposition, hortatory exposition and spoof. 3 Twelfth grade The students of all programs are able to 1 Respond to texts in the form of a narrative, explanation, discussion, and review. 2 Respond spoken language in the form of short functional texts. For language program students, there are some additional expected learning outcomes. Those include: the students are able to 1 Respond to simple academic public speaking scripts in the forms of speech, presentation, and debate, 2 Respond to essay about contemporary song lyrics and poem, 3 Comprehend simple authentic and popular English story. From the discussion above, it can be concluded that the purpose of teaching listening at SMA is that the students are able to respond and comprehend the speakers says both in forms of functional text, monologue, and dialogue for communicating with others.

b. The Approach on Teaching Listening