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4.2.4. Cycle 1 Test The Cycle 1 test was conducted on December 5
st
, 2008, right after giving the second treatment. It consisted of 30 items of multiple choices and followed by
26 students. The aim was to know how far the students could master listening skill after being given the treatment by using storytelling as a technique in the cycle 1.
In this activity the writer read the story twice. From the result of the assessment, it was found that 6 students got less than
65 and 20 students got more than 65. The writer concluded that in the cycle 1 test more than half of the students test could master listening skill well. The result of
the cycle 1 test could be seen in appendixes. After tabulating the result of students’ cycle 1 test, the next step done by
the writer was computing the average of the students’ achievement. It was found that the average of the students’ achievement result was 71, 00 . This result was
higher than the criterion of the assessment that has been stipulated by Department of Education and Culture that is 65. According to the writer, it was proper to say
that the students were able enough in mastering listening skill, but teaching learning process in this research was still necessary to improve the students’
ability in mastering listening skill.
4.3. Analysis of Cycle 2
4.3.1. Treatment 1 After the plan was revised, the first treatment of second cycle was
conducted. It was conducted on 15
th
December 2008. The activity was almost the
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same with in the cycle one, but in this activity the writer presented the story by using picture. It is to help the students to comprehend the story.
The writer presented the story entitled “shopping”, it is about vegetables and fruits. In the end of this activity the writer asked some question orally to
review the story. The students can answer all of the question well. It means that the students’ comprehension of the story improved.
4.3.2. Treatment II The second treatment was conducted on 16
th
December, 2008. In this activity the students were do the same activities like in the first treatment. The
difference was the stories. The writer presented the story entitled ‘The Bird Park’, it is about birthday.
The students are more enthusiastic. When the writer showed the picture of clowns, they asked to the teacher “what are there in the picture?.” The students
also asked the difficult word and answer the writer’s question about the story actively.
In this activity the writer and the students sing happy birthday song together. It is make the students happy.
In the end of the teaching and learning process the writer announced that there would a test in the next meeting.
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4.3.3. Post test Finally after doing the pre test some activities; in this cycle the students
had to do a post test. The post-test was conducted on June 17
th
, 2008 and followed by 26 students. It consisted of 30 items of multiple choices which the content was
different from the cycle 1 test. This test covered two items; shopping and birthday. In this activity the writer read the story twice.
From the result of the students’ achievement in the post-test, it was found that there were 2 students got less than 65, and 24 students got more than 65. In
the writer’s opinion, it was proper to say that in the post test almost of the students could comprehend the story well. The result of the post test could be seen in
appendixes. After tabulating the result of students’ post test, the writer computed the
average of the students’ achievement. It was found that the average of the students’ achievement result was 81, 76 . Those showed that in general, the
students’ listening skill improved. Most of them had comprehended the story well. According to the criterion of assessment of the SDN Wonosekar Pati 81,
76 were considered to be successful. The result was higher compared with the result of the previous cycle.
4.4. Analysis of Students’ Achievement
