ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE OT STUDENTS WITH

SUGGESTED
ACTIVITIES
D()NE
INTHEPREIISTENING
STAGE
TOIMPROVE
THETISTENING
SKILL
ACHIEVEMENT
()FENGIJSH
WITH
OTSTUDENTS
INTERMEI)IATE
TEVEL

THESIS

B7:
Flon DcborcFloris
1213093072
FAKULTASKEOURUAN DAf, IIMU PENDIDIKAIU

PROCRATIS?UOI EAHASA IIIGGBIS
Uf,IVERSITAS KATOLIK WIDYA MATIDAIA SUBABAYA
SURAAAYA

1998

APPROVALSHEET
(1)

This thesis

entitled

SUGGESTED
ACTMTIES

DONE IN THE

LISTENING STAGE TO IMPROVETHE L]STENING SKILL

PRE-

ACHIEVEMENT

OI" STUDENTSWITH INTERMEDIATELEVEL OF ENGLISH prepared

and

submitted

and

accepted
Sarjana

by

FLORA DEBOBAFLOBIS

as partial

Pendidikan

the fol]owing

lo

fulfillment
Degree in

has been

of the
Engllsh

approved

requirement

for

the

Language Teaching

advisors:

.(-.cS),tLu-2-

Dr. Veronica L.
First
Advisor

Diptoadi.

M.Sc

Dra.'Siti
Mina T.
Second Advisor

by

APPNOYAL SIIEET
(2'

This

thesis

examination

Chairman

Member

'-..Deafl'' of
I'aeulty

the

Teacher

TraininB

ead of the
Department

English

8CI{NOT$LEDGE}-{EbIT

One t.frirrg t,Lrat. the
r.rf

Lras learned

vrriter

that

tlri s s;tudy is

c;c-,rrclr-lcli
ng

the

during

He said,

al.r*;-rys" ,

vralks

arrcl

e . ; s p e c i a ll y

tle

incleecl

during

alwa,:.ts

stud3', the

coirrple,:t.ion c,f this

is

" I am v',it.h

ycu

vith

the

lrriter

above all,

Therefore,

her hard tinres.

Elives praise

r+riter

t'ime

protaise

Lorcl's

alvrays fu1f i I lecl . In b'Jat.hevr28:2Q,

t,he

in

to

the

supporN

she

e:;rr r, Cl rr'i r;t, .
Lr,r'cl ...I

has

str-rcly.
of

in

r.ece.,j,ved

Nhe

r.iniver'-sit..;, especial
l'Ii rrer T. ,

crrjc:ourzleieruent.-.j
tlrarrks

writer

ancl, Rosal ia,
vrr:i'ter'' s

ly

of

who

in

give

conr,luc;ting

:-rir,1:;'.r1,pcrr-t.irrg firrarrce.

Fir-rally,
:Fr;

t.irne

ancl

will

ly.

to

and

Seecnd,

the
.iul j-a

to

listen

Third,

and

brother
bless

in

its

present

their
shape.

the
even

vrri-ter's

the
for

t-hen

l.hel r,rr'it.er vrisltc:s t.o t.hanl'. c.rther pecple

nof- appear

and

comrnents

Hanarko,

't4ay Lbe Lord

cili'i ncit. rnerri.i.]t-r ..}ne try oner. l{it.hout

i,.hi s stucly

M. Sc.

sLlggestions

t,Lris st.udy.

t.Lranlif i,rI rrr:rr,i:j Eiclesj J-;o he;r parents
?y'dyer

constrtlct.ive

val.ttarlrle

Cathol.ic

Diptoadi,

especially

pr-ovidecl

leciurers

l''landa]a

enthustical

Lrer friend:;,
have

L.

liJ:rary

the

to

['lidya

Dr'. Veronica

vrhr
c., harie given

lrarmly

this

cornpleting
extended

-t-.
o l:he writer

!'rc,l,lenr:;,

riny L:er
ac{:c,\rtLl)

is

Depar'trrerrt.

Errglish

T)r'zt, Si, t. i

and

condrtcting

her: gratitude

First.,

Lhe gener'ous

apprecitrtcs

truly

Tfre vrrit;er

their
al 1.
t.hat

assistanee,

TAtsI,E OF CONTENTS

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l:iirt:r:1. ( 1 )

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Flirr.:,::t. (

2)

-'t

A t.,iirr crv.i.l r:rl€,r:rrtt::rtt..

iii

c r t ' ' ,i .' c ,r,
L i i rrt,s

T z r L,ie

iv

1',1.::;1,
r ar-:1_.

vi

ilh zrpt.e r i:
l rr'brc.'dnc:t i r,rn
j..l
B z r ( i l < a i t - . , t r r lrd: , f l l r e S t ; . u r 1 y
1. ?
S t a b e r r r r . . : n 1o.f l . L i e P r o b l e m s
1.3
O l ,j r ; r : t i v e s ; r ; f t . h c . , i i t , u c l y
L.4
i:ignif ir:arrce of the Study
1. 5
Sc:oi-,e arncl L,i rnitatiorr
of t.he Stucly
1.6
Defirrj.tiorl
of the tiey Ternrs
1. 7
Rt::ei ...Pt Met.LroclologV . .
1 , B O r ' g a n . i r i a r t , io n a l P a t t e r : n o f t h e S t u c l y

1
t)

7

C h a P t . e r I . [ : L i - . ; t . e n i n g S k i ] _1 : A P e v i e w
2 . 1 D e f i n i t .j c r n s o f L i s t e n i n g
2. 2

2. 3
2. 4

l

Prc.rces:; cf

o

Lisie.,rring

P z r r ' t . r r; - - ' fL i s t e n i n g
Cltar ztr:i-.e-:r..i
:;t i cs of

11
1A

Real-Life

Listeining

ChaJ;f.s1 I11 ' 'lleaclring List.ening:
A Reviev
3. 'l
Ot_'.le;c.:t.ive-':,;
ctf Tr,:ac-:LtingListening

3 . ' 1 , T ' h r : I ) r r t . e r r j. -La. 1 l l i f f

icr;lt.ie.s

l, i: - ; l .i 7 r1 i y l g ,"
.f-.J

TLre ilt.agesr of

:r Li:;ttrning

irr Teachin€
LC

Session.

?q

CLra!,t.er: JV: T'!:rr,Pre,Li-.it.erri-ng
Stage:
A Revievr
'.. t
T'r
1 , , . ' r i : i : .1, - l - 1 . .: ,rr, ,-.r , ,-,, 1 ' r . - . L r tp-r, .: e _ L i s t e n l n €
St.rrge
' t , . ? . T h ; . : ' l ! r - , i . ; . . r . t i . . i ; - ., :r:l ,-: ' i . i . r r : :
ir.r-e--Lit;|-,efiiffg Sl,age
r.i: .',r,,:
'.:i l

4. ?'

r'r.C;ni 1-.i:t,., l,j,:t.jr.,r- T;:rStrrlrnentS

Thr: ./\r-rt..i'vii.ies

rr-

, . . r i ,-, l

'.,ir.
_f. ,-,1;,

c,f t.he Pre-Listening

USeCI

AE

Stage

l r\ri i ).' :,,:
i :h.-, A r:1..i ." .i t;: e:r B gn

..li-,..'ri-.'i.
e r' V : ?h e A p g ,l i c a l . i c , n o f t h e P r p - I . i q t e nv ei ahrdr r i E
irr ir l,i:1'.errir:gi C l . ' , . s
"I'lapol eorr: From School-L,oy to
5.1
f'Jode:l I:
"
Brn1,€'19P
it.2
"The Potluck"
i',loclel II:

Activities

tz

78

i'.3

l"lode1III:

5.4

I'loclr:l IV:

"Telephorre rlal]"

"Clearr The Car"

CLrarp't-er-Vf : Conclr.r::iorr
ij. 1
Sr,rrrnrar:y
6. ?
S r - t g i t s tt,.si r r r r s
ii i l' L i c,gr'ir{-,1-r.}.

ABSTRACT

j i l l r . r . i r D i : r t t ' : l r z l : ' S u g f g f e : s t . e cAl c t . i v i t i e s
iilc,rj:;,
Done
in
the
I'r,:; J,.ir,;[.t;rrii..ig St.z-rge t.o frnprove t.he
Listenj_ng
Skill
Ac:Lr.i r:rrE:rrfrrrt
i.,f
_Str.rclen+;s vit.h
Interrner-li aie
Leve 1
of
B n p l ]i s , f r " .

l, i st.en i rrg
ski I I
i s crucial
the
to
learning
of
Iinglish
as a second or foreign language.
It
is
because
I i : , ;L e : r rni f
is
t.he basis
{ 1)
f or
the
developrnent
of
(2 )
othex
1 e r r r g i . r a g es k i I 1 s ,
l istening
is
imporbant
to
c o r n r n i .ir r ,ia t . i v e i r r f e r : a c t . i o n , ( 3 ) I i , s t e n i n g
i,s used lo broaden
i , e o p l e ' s } : r r c r v r l e r i g e (, 4 J l i s t e n i n g
is a tool of "therapeutic
valr.ie" (l.lichc,]s ancl Steverrs, 1957:31) and (5) iist.ening
is
userf firr inoi:c-,t.han ot.her language skills
(Rankirr as quoted
b r ' l . ii c f r r r l : ; a r r c l S t . e v e n : : ( 1 9 5 7 : 6 ) , R i v e r s a s g u o t e d b y t ' { o r l e y
( 1 9 $ 1 , :8 2 ) ,
Ilutrirr zrnd Thompson (1994:B5) ).
Automatically,
l-.t,zrc:L.rershave t.o pay a'bterrtion to l ist,ening!
ski 11 .
They
a|r-:r-' fri:rvr: t;crirelp their
students achieve
irigh
leve1
of
J , i s b e ; r r . i r r gp,r o f i c i e r r c ; ' .

TL;;,rl t i ;,,.r1'l;', ii.r j.t,ri,-,hirrg l ist.r:rrin(,
L,ti.tr:her.s need to
irr-lriioi;;L.r.:r' i..hr'Err:: :: i.a6ics riernrelir: pre-,
ufriist;anr,l post,l . i r ; t . e r r r i n f - l: i t . ; r g e s ( R i x c , n , 1 9 8 6 : 6 5 - 7 3 ,
lindervroocl,
1989:30-?5
:iircL i-i...9.:ri.i.,,i90:i:16
1
e
i
.
F
]
c
,
w
e
v
e
r
,
r
n
o
s
t
t
,
e
a
c
f
r
e
rs
cirrl.y
, , ,: 1
:'
,...., '. l.
- , l.: . 1 . . . . : . r ; i i ii ) i ) : : t . - 1 i . - - ; t - . e n i r r gs i - a - g i e : ; ( S l i e e r . i n ,
- a r r r l\ r a g a r r g , 1 9 9 3 : 1 6 ) .
L9'17:\ZC
TLre I're-lisLenir,g
ijtage
is
t,f Li:ir ni-:p,).t:t:+,-.t:rfanci. cons idered
not irnportant.
Thr: r,rrite,r r:f t.hi:.: s:turiy realizes
perhaps most of
that
'l

frc:

.l i st.r:r: ingi

1.ea('hers

have

not.

f j dr rrr5.l

nrrl-

l- lr r:

i rnr,.lrf an-6

'''f
pre-. l.istening
c'orrdLr(:t.ing the
stap!e.
Based on thi-s
i'?as(rrr,
t,he vrrit.er
c;onducts
a library
study
to
f ind
out
t.L:e ]:rat.ure arrd t,he: teachin€
of listeni.ng
with ihe
focus
r-)rl the
pre- l isterrirrg
stage.
To
make
her
explanation
r-,learer,
e:Lre al:jo prcrvicles scrme examples of the application
crf tfre pre- 1 i stenirrg
^.;tage act.ivities.

Frc,rrr ikri'-.-:stuci::, il is concludecl that listening
is
r - : i r r f i I : l s ; :x- : k i i 1 : i t s p r o c e s s i s p a s s e d o v e r t h r e e s t a g e s
and
t.herc, are
soroe part.s rnvoLved
each stage.
in
Another
c,onclusiorr is t;hat real-1ife
listening
clifferent
is
from
listening
in a classroom or language labrrratory.
Some experts
suggest
the teachers
conduct
a pre'Lhis
list.ening
s;tage. The aclvantages c,f conductinE!
stage
( 1) the student.s get a general
are:
descriptior.r
of
the
(2 ) the studen'bs elicit
tcrrrring rnat,er'ials ,
prior
their
] : r r o w Ie d € , " r e l e v a n t L o t h e c o r n i n g m a t e r j - a l , ( 3 ) t h e s t u d e n t s

f . i - r r , rl r l r r : r i € : t , y a r r ( i . f l r ' r . t e i t r . ai t (. , r r a n d ( 4 ) t h e
students
l-lrr,.ir'
zrt.l-.e,.rrl,.i
c.rrr ancl motivation.
In
short.
'',
i.l,i:
:;L.age nay
enr:oi-rnt.er
i-r].r, I i..:1..t-'.1).y1g
poten.Lial
the
, l i f i ' i ( j i r I J .j r : r . : l . : . h
a - t _n. a y c ) . : c L l r .
There are
nine
activj-ties
l . i r i j l , n t i . . , yi ' e r a 1 , 1 i, i e , r i r r r r n r r . : 1 :(" '1 ) l o c - r k l n g * 1
arirf discLlssi.ng ir
i , i . c : l . i . r i ' r : ( l . l r r r i t , r ' i r . r - r c 1 ,1 9 8 9 : 3 5 a r r r : i I ' l a t i c - r r r , 1 g B 5 : B 1 g ) ;
(Z)
t r . : . . , 1 : i { \Lt i :, r i . r ' i ' g , . : ; : , ; i } ; . i . l i t . i e s ,
(L)rrdervtoorl, lgBg:3?);
idea:;
(3)
, l. c r l ' r i l : r r r - r t . l . h r : 1 . i t l c : ,
It:;1,. r,f
iteros,/t.hrougl:rts and
f - i , i r . r , . , , . ; , . - j i i t ; :l i. ' ; i t : ' : i t i l l . i l - , : . t , r i . i . 9 8 6 : 6 5 ,
Bur.biclgle,
1g86: 10
ancl
i.i!iri:e
ti)(:i

\'i.1t:('

l:;
i i : : , , - . 1t.t.f g t t n t t y . a l g u i c k : 1 . i r r e : ; j r r - a c l r n i n i s t . e r i n g
,
i . . i: . ; 1 ' . t ,Lrr r € 1 : ; 1 . . a f j r : . ' J ' l r r , , r e a
re a.lilo scjrne iets
of
,.rr ewrr',l f i:-r,11i l,Ltt, nr-tic,,r. .in:; t, t.u rnerr-t,:,1 r-t..:;ecl and

r,rir't..i .u*i 1.,i r.jrt.; i..,tll .

the
guidel
how

pr.ei-nes
the