The Results of the Questionnaires for the Students

47 divided into two sections: the results of the questionnaires for the students and the results of the interview with the English teachers of SMP Negeri 2 Yogyakarta.

a. The Results of the Questionnaires for the Students

The results of the questionnaires for the students part A are presented in the table 4.1. Table 4.1 The Results of the Questionnaire for the Students Part A Item number Questions Opinion Number Percentage 1 Are you interested in learning listening? Yes 87 77 No 24 22 2. Can you follow the listening activity well? Yes 64 58 No 47 42 3 How often do you practice listening in the school? Often 8 7 Sometimes 70 63 Seldom 33 30 Never - - 4. Do you have any references or handbooks for listening activity? Yes 25 22 No 86 78 5. Are the listening materials interesting? Yes 70 63 No 41 37 6. Is the listening activity fun? Yes 56 50 No 55 50 7. What do you think about listening in the class? Difficult 18 16 Not too easy, not too difficult 89 80 Easy 4 4 8. What factors make the listening difficult? You may answer more than one. Many new or difficult vocabulary that I do not know 6 15 The materials are too long 2 5 The materials only repeated oncetwice 5 13 I do not listen well 4 10 48 Item number Questions Opinion Number Percentage Seldom be taught 2 5 I do not concentrate well when listening to the materials 9 23 I need more exercises 11 29 9. What do you do if you find new or difficult words? You may answer more than one. Asking my friends 44 37 Asking my teacher 57 48 Ignoring the word 12 9 Other: Looking it up in the dictionary 4 3 10. What activities do you do when you get the listening materials? You may answer more than one. Drill 14 8 Discussion 24 13 Question and answer 60 34 Answering questions 39 22 Filling the blank 35 20 Problem solving 5 3 Based on the results of the questionnaires for the students part A, the writer found that students were interested in learning listening. However, the listening materials were not frequently taught in the class and they also did not have listening handbooks for their references. It was interesting to note that the listening materials that they already had were not too easy and too difficult. However, they still had difficulties in listening to the English words. The writer found that the factors that made the listening difficult were because there were many difficult words in the listening materials, they were seldom taught, and they were only repeated once or twice. However, most of their difficulties were 49 because of the lack of concentration and practice. In terms of the activities, they mostly experienced question and answer and answering questions. The other activities that they did were filling in the blanks, drilling, and discussing. However, those activities were not conducted frequently by them. In order to find the activities that the students need, the writer asked seven questions in the questionnaire for the students part B. Table 4.2 The Results of the Questionnaire for the Students Part B Item number Questions Opinion Number Percentage 1 Do you need pre- activity before listening to the materials? Yes 86 77 No 25 23 2 Before listening to the materials, what kind of pre- activity do you like? You may answer more than one. Sharing 30 24 Question and answer related to the topic 22 17 Digging up the vocabulary related to the topic 70 55 Other 5 4 3 What kinds of media do you wantlike in listening activity? You may answer more than one. Listening through the recording 56 38 Listening through the video 55 37 Listening through the teachers voice 38 25 4. Do you need listening materials which is related to daily life? Yes 88 80 No 23 20 5 Do the listening materials which are related to the daily life help you understand the listening materials clearer? Yes 99 90 No 12 10 50 Item number Questions Opinion Number Percentage 6 Do you need post- activity after listening to the materials? Yes 82 74 No 29 26 7. After listening to listening materials, what kind of post- activity do you want? You may answer more than one. Sharing 47 29 Question and answer related to the topic 49 30 Making a reflection related to the listening materials 63 38 Others 4 2 The data on the table 4.6 indicated that the listening materials needed pre- activity before the lesson. In this table, the students said that most of them needed to dig up the vocabulary in the pre-activity. The second option was sharing and the third option was question and answer. The medium that they needed was through listening to the recording because it was the medium that they frequently used. The listening materials were also needed to be related to their daily lives because the materials which were related to their daily lives helped them understand the materials easier. At last, the students needed reflection to end the lesson.

b. The Results of the Interview for the Teachers