3 nuisance from outside the class. It was difficult for the students to concentrate and
listen to the recording carefully. Actually, the school provided a language laboratory for the students to help them practice their listening skill. Booking
schedule was also arranged for the room usage, but in fact, the schedule was not obeyed. The use of textbook and old-version materials also demotivated the
students to engage in listening activities. The problems that occurred were the reasons why the researcher attempted to apply the use of authentic materials and
clearer listening procedures to help them improve their listening comprehension skill.
B. Problem Formulation
After the problems were identified, the researcher formulated the problem into the following question:
How does the use of authentic materials improve listening comprehension skill of the students of grade XII Kimia Industri in SMKN 2 Depok Sleman?
C. Problem Limitation
To make this study more specific, some limitations were made. First, since this was a Classroom Action Research, the scope of this study was limited to one
class only, namely grade XII Kimia Industri SMKN 2 Depok Sleman. Secondly, this study was focused on
students’ progress of listening comprehension skill during the use of authentic materials in teaching learning
process in the classroom. Listening comprehension skill was taken into
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4 consideration because it played an important role in L2 learning. Krashen 1981
claimed, as cited in Anderson’s book entitled Listening 1988, comprehension played a central- and possibly predominant part- in the whole process language
learning. What was meant by listening comprehension skill here was the skill to listen to native speakers especially in one way tasks and understand what was
heard, and this research was concerned with the progress of it.
D. Research Objective
This research was intended to examine the process of how the use of authentic materials improved listening comprehension skill of the students of
grade XII of Kimia Industri SMKN 2 Depok Sleman.
E. Research Benefits
This study was supposed to be beneficial to English teachers in general, English teachers in SMKN 2 Depok Sleman, and other researchers. First, this study
was expected to give benefits to English teachers in general, to help them in viewing the problems which encountered in English learning in classroom and
developing strategies to improve English learning. Second, this study was expected to be used as input for English teachers in SMKN 2 Depok Sleman, to
develop strategies in helping the students to improve their listening comprehension so that the students can obtain better learning in English.
Last but not least, this study was expected to give benefits to other researchers, as a reference for them in conducting research related to Classroom
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5 Action Research and English learning in classroom, especially about listening
comprehension skill.
F. Definition of Terms
