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2. Benefits for the Eighth Grade Students Since this study is made for the students, it is expected that the students
can acquire the listening skills guided with the curriculum provided while enjoying the movie. The students will also be facilitated in learning value through
things that happen around them and make significance from it. The students can also broaden their knowledge with the style of language used in various movies.
In addition, the students can also able to improve their listening skills and be encouraged to practice more.
3. Benefits for the Researcher The study helps the researcher practice developing ideas, especially in
designing listening skills through videos. The researcher broadens her knowledge about the types of methods and media provided for teaching language, especially
English, and finds how to apply them in the listening lessons.
G. Definition of Terms
There are several particular terms that have significant portions in this study. The terms are described as follows.
1. Instructional Materials In 2001, Richards has yielded that instructional materials are a primary
teaching resource for teachers p.252. It covers language input for the students and learning activities. The definition of instructional can also be defined using
the term of instructional design. According to Dick and Reiser 1958, a
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systematic process of designing the materials made by the teacher or instructional designer for the teaching instructions. It implies that instructional materials
involve the process of designing, developing, implementing, and evaluation. In this study, the instructional materials refer to the product of designed materials
developed to improve the students’ listening skill. The instructional materials are developed for students in the eighth grade.
2. Listening Listening is one of the basic language skills that are needed by language
learners that should be acquired if they want to communicate well in English. Listening belongs to spoken receptive skills. According to Nunan 2003: 24,
listening is an active, purposeful process of making sense of what we hear. The listeners give meaning to what they are listening to. Floyd 1985: 9 defines
listening as a process that includes hearing, attending to evaluating and responding to spoken messages. Listening concerns with the sequence of activities
that involve the ability to receive and interpret the message. Since animated movies are the primary sources of the design, the listening activities will be
directly involved with visual component of the materials used.
3. Eighth grade students The study is intended to develop listening materials that can be useful for
eighth grade students in junior high school. The grade is in the middle level of junior high school. The students are from an age range of 13-15. The students in
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this level and ages belong to mid-adolescence.
4. SMP N 3 Sleman SMP N 3 Sleman is a public school that is located in Sleman Regency,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The school level is junior high school. This school is officially established as a National Standard School. The establishment means that
the school has already fulfilled eight education standards required by the curriculum. Therefore, the quality of the school is admitted so that the students’
input is good. This school is facilitated with language laboratory that provides sophisticated facilities to support listening lesson.
5. Animated movies Animated movies are the type moving images that are combined with
sounds, plot, and story to make it interesting. The type of animated movies that will be used belongs to family genre. This genre implies that the movies are made
for all ages. This type of genre is chosen because it provides appropriate language for students in the eighth grade. Animated moves that will be used are Legend of
the Boneknapper, Kungfu Panda 2, and Bee Movie.
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE
