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CHAPTER
II
LITERATURE
REVIEW
This chapter describes the related literature review on listening, the teaching listening, review on narrative text, YouTube video, teaching listening
using YouTube video , the researcher’s rationale and the last is the researcher’s
hypothesis.
A. Listening
Comprehension
1. The Nature of Listening
Many experts have defined the meaning of listening. Rost 1994: p.1 states that “Yet listening is a vital mental capacity – one of the principal means by
which we understand and take a part in the world around us”. Then Smith, Packham and McEvedy 1986: p
.2 define “Listening as an active process consisting of number of macro and micro skill, many of which have to be carried
out simultaneously”. Meanwhile Brown and Yule 1997 states that listening is the activity of paying attention to and trying to get the meaning from something
we hear. This statement is supported also by Rost 1994: p .2 that “Listening is a
process that triggered by our attention. In psychological term, attention is an excitation of nerve pathways in the brain to organize in coming stimuli in an
efficient way. The purpose of attention is to help up organize and use what we see and hear”. On the other hand, Rost 1991: p.3 says that “Listening is an active
process”. In order to become better listeners, the learners must think actively when they are listening. By developing an „active attitude’ about understanding
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and „active strategies’ for making sense of what they hear, the learners can and will improve. Rost also says that “Listening plays an active part in language
learning”. Listening is involved in many language-learning activities, both inside and outside the language classroom. The improvement in listening will provide a
basis for development of other language skills. If teacher is aware of the links between listening and other skills and by consistently pointing out these links to
the learners, the teacher can assist the learners in their overall language development. The last Rost states that “The teacher as an active „researcher’ of
listening d evelopment”. Teacher should be active not just in planning and
preparing activities for the learners; however in giving useful feedback to them and exploring with them how their listening skills are changing and improving.
Based on the explanations above, it can be concluded that listening is an active process in communication between speaker and listener which the listener
handle the role in catching the messages, analyzing, evaluating, and giving feedback to what the speakers says.
2. The Nature of Listening Comprehension
