Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: Students' Perceptions Toward News Broadcast Used as Materials for Listening: a Case Study
STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD NEWS BROADCAST
USED AS MATERIALS FOR LISTENING:
A CASE STUDY
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Wahyu Nur Endah Pratiwi
112007021
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any
other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2012. Wahyu Nur Endah Pratiwi and Prof.DR. Gusti Astika, M.A.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University, Salatiga.
Wahyu Nur Endah Pratiwi:
Students’ Perceptions tow ard New s Broadcast Used as M aterials for List ening: a Case Study
Students’ Perceptions toward News Broadcast
Used as Materials for Listening:
a Case Study
Wahyu Nur Endah Pratiwi
Satya Wacana Christian University
Abstract
Listening is one of the four major skills in English learning that every learner should master.
However, listening becomes the skill that is not easy to master. This study aimed to find out
the students’ perception toward news broadcast as listening material in Kotabahasa language
center Salatiga. This study used a descriptive method since the data and the result of the
study was in descriptive form. Five participants from Kotabahasa language center Salatiga
were selected using a convenience sampling technique. The participants were interviewed to
elicit the data. The data were analyzed using content analysis technique. The results of the
study were discussed in four themes. The findings show that the students found news
broadcast as useful material in learning English and it helped them in speaking, reading and
writing skill development.
Keywords: listening, news broadcast, students’ perceptions
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USED AS MATERIALS FOR LISTENING:
A CASE STUDY
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Wahyu Nur Endah Pratiwi
112007021
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any
other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2012. Wahyu Nur Endah Pratiwi and Prof.DR. Gusti Astika, M.A.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University, Salatiga.
Wahyu Nur Endah Pratiwi:
Students’ Perceptions tow ard New s Broadcast Used as M aterials for List ening: a Case Study
Students’ Perceptions toward News Broadcast
Used as Materials for Listening:
a Case Study
Wahyu Nur Endah Pratiwi
Satya Wacana Christian University
Abstract
Listening is one of the four major skills in English learning that every learner should master.
However, listening becomes the skill that is not easy to master. This study aimed to find out
the students’ perception toward news broadcast as listening material in Kotabahasa language
center Salatiga. This study used a descriptive method since the data and the result of the
study was in descriptive form. Five participants from Kotabahasa language center Salatiga
were selected using a convenience sampling technique. The participants were interviewed to
elicit the data. The data were analyzed using content analysis technique. The results of the
study were discussed in four themes. The findings show that the students found news
broadcast as useful material in learning English and it helped them in speaking, reading and
writing skill development.
Keywords: listening, news broadcast, students’ perceptions
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