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THE LISTENING ABILITY OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF
MTs NU MU’ALLIMAT KUDUS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012
TAUGHT BY USING DICTATION TECHNIQUE
By
HIMMATUL ULYA
NIM 200832262
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
2012
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THE LISTENING ABILITY OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF
MTs NU MU’ALLIMAT KUDUS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012
TAUGHT BY USING DICTATION TECHNIQUE
SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana
Program in English Education
By
HIMMATUL ULYA
NIM 200832262
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
2012
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
Motto:
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tommorow. The important
thing is to not stop questioning.
Experience is the best teacher.
Dedication:
This skripsi is dedicated to:
Allah SWT the Almightly
Her beloved parents (Mr. Rumain and
Mrs.Fathonah) who always give their
love, attention and pray for her
Her beloved brothers (Zainal and Saiful)
and her sisters-in law who always
support her
Her close friends: Inu, Zahro, Yeci,
Vrisca, Isti, Mila, Shelly, Nyai Musda
who always support and help her
All of her friends in English Education
Department 2008
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ADVISORS’ APPROVAL
This is to certify that the Sarjana Skripsi of Himmatul Ulya (NIM 2008-32-262)
has been approved by the Skripsi advisors for the further approval by the
Examining Committee.
Kudus, July 2012
Advisor 1
Drs. Muh. Syafei, M.Pd
NIP. 19620413-198803-1-002
Advisor II
Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd
NIS. 0610701000001207
Acknowledged by
The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Dean,
Drs. Susilo Rahardjo, M.Pd
NIP. 19560619-198503-1-002
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EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL
This is to certify that the Skripsi of Himmatul Ulya (NIM 200832262) has been
approved by the Examining Committee as a requirement for the Sarjana Degree in
the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language.
Kudus, 30 July 2012
Skripsi Examining Committee:
Drs. Muh. SyafeI, M.Pd Chairperson
NIP. 19620413-198803-1-002
Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd Member
NIS. 0610701000001207
Mutohhar, S.P.d, M.Pd Member
NIS. 0610701000001204
Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd Member
NIS. 0610701000001190
Acknowledged by
The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Dean,
Drs. Susilo Rahardjo, M.Pd
NIP. 19560619-198503-1-002
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
She thanks God for her Blessing, Mercy and Compassionate given to the
writer so that she can accomplish this research entitled “The Listening Ability of
the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus in Academic Year
2011/2012 Taught by Using Dictation Technique.”
The writer realizes that she would not be able to complete her skripsi
without support, advice and encouragement from many persons. Therefore the
writer would like to express her sincerest gratitude, to those who are directly or
indirectly involved in the completion of this research.
1. Drs. Susilo Rahardjo, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education
Faculty of Muria Kudus University.
2. Fitri Budi Suryani, SS, M.Pd, the Head of English Education Department.
3. Drs. Muh. Syafei, M.Pd as the first advisor, who has carefully read and made
several corrections for the improvement of this research.
4. Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd as the second advisor, who has accurately
guided her during the writing of skripsi.
5. All lecturers and staff of English Education Department who have given their
contribution to the writer for the completion of this research.
6. Her beloved parents (Mr. Rumain and Mrs. Fathonah) who have given her
love, give her attention, support her and lead her to be a real human being.
7. Her beloved brothers and sisters in law who have given support her.
8. Drs. Hj. Khasnah as the Headmaster of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus who
gives permission to do this research.
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9. All of teachers and administrative staff in MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus,
especially Winarti, S.Pd as English Teacher.
10. All of the eight grade students of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus in academic
year 2011/2012.
11. All of her family who always care her.
12. All of the writer friends: Inu, Zahro, Yeci, Mila, Isti, Vrisca, Shelly and can’t
mention one by one who given support and help her
13. All of the writer friends in English Education Department 2008
Kudus, July 2012
The Writer
Himmatul Ulya
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ABSTRACT
Ulya, Himmatul. 2012. The Listening Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs
NU Mu’allimat Kudus in Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught by Using
Dictation Technique. Skripsi. English Education Department, Teacher
Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University. Advisors: (i) Drs.
Muh. Syafei, M. Pd., (ii) Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd
Key words: Dictation Technique, Listening Ability
Listening is the process of understanding speech in a first or second
language. The purpose of listening is to get the information from the sound
streaming into the sense of hearing. Listening skill is one of the basic skills and
the important skill than the other skill. But, in fact many people or students
especially the eighth grade students in MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus have
difficulties when they get listening material. From this fact, the teacher must have
creative technique to improve listening skill. One of the technique is dictation
technique.
The objectives of the research are as follows: (1) to find out the listening
ability of the eighth grade students of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus in academic
year 2011/2012 before being taught by using dictation technique. (2) to find out
the listening ability of the eighth grade students of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus in
academic year 2011/2012 after being taught by using dictation technique. (3) to
find out whether or not there is a significant difference between the listening
ability of the eighth grade students of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus in academic
year 2011/2012 before and after being taught by using dictation technique.
The design of of this research is an experimental research using test
instrument. This experiment uses one group pre test and post test design, because
it is done in one group only without control group. This experiment is applied to
the eighth grade students of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus to explore the result of
their listening ability before and after being taught by using dictation technique. In
this research, the writer gives the students a pre test and the implementation of
teaching listening by using dictation technique and the last stage given to them is
a post test. The sample are the students of VIII A.
The result of this research indicates that using dictation technique in
teaching listening is effective to improve the listening ability of the students. It
can be seen from the pre test and post test result. The pre test result of the mean is
76 and standard deviation is 7.681. So, the result of the listening ability before
being taught by using dictation technique of the eight grade students of MTs NU
Mu’allimat Kudus in academic year 2011/2012 is sufficient. Meanwhile, on the
post test result the mean is 83.875 and standard deviation is 8.507. So, the result
of the listening ability after being taught by using dictation technique of the eighth
grade students of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus in academic year 2011/2012 is
excellent. The hypothesis is confirmed in the level of significance 0.05 (5%) is
2.021 and the degree of freedom (N-1) = 39 shows that there is significant
difference between the listening ability of the eight grade students of MTs NU
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Mu’allimat Kudus in academic year 2011/2012 before and after being taught by
using dictation technique. The result of t0 (12.27) is higher than t-table (2.021).
Therefore, it can be said that the Null Hypothesis is rejected, while the alternative
hypothesis of the research is confirmed.
The writer suggests for the teachers can use dictation technique as one of
alternative teachnique to teach listening material. The teacher also should
motivate the students in study English. For students should be able in listening
ability and also they should know the meaning of English vocabulary/ the verb
because it make the students can understand what the meaning of the sentences.
And the last for the further researchers, they can do dictation technique not only in
teaching listening but also in teaching speaking, reading and writing.
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ABSTRAKSI
Ulya, Himmatul. 2012. Kemampuan Mendengarkan oleh siswa kelas delapan
MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus Tahun Pelajaran 2011/2012 Diajarkan
menggunakan Teknik Dictation. Skripsi. Program Studi Bahasa Inggris
Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan. Universitas Muria Kudus.
Pembimbing:(1) Drs. Muh. Syafei, M. Pd,. (ii) Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M. Pd
Kata Kunci: Kemampuan Mendengarkan, Teknik Dictation.
Mendengarkan adalah proses memahami pembicaraan/pidato dalam
bahasa pertama atau bahasa kedua. Tujuan mendengarkan adalah untuk
mendapatkan informasi dari suara yang masuk ke indra pendengaran.
Kemampuan mendengarkan adalah salah satu kemampuan dasar dan kemampuan
yang terpenting dari pada kemampuan yang lain. Tapi, kenyataanya banyak orang
atau siswa-siswa terutama siswa-siswa kelas delapan di sekolah MTs NU
Mu’allimat Kudus, mereka masih mempunyai kesulitan ketika mereka
mendapatkan materi tentang mendengarkan. Dari kenyataan ini, guru harus
mempunyai teknik yang kreatif yang dapat meningkatkan kemampuan
mendengarkan. Salah satu tekniknya adalah dictation (mendekte).
Tujuan dari penelitian ini meliputi: (1) untuk menemukan kemampuan
mendengarkan siswa kelas delapan MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus tahun pelajaran
2011/2012 sebelum diajarkan menggunakan teknik dictation. (2) untuk
menemukan kemampuan mendengarkan siswa kelas delapan MTs NU Mu’allimat
Kudus tahun pelajaran 2011/2012 sesudah diajarkan menggunakan teknik
dictation. (3) untuk menemukan ada atau tidaknya perbedaan antara kemampuan
mendengarkan siswa kelas delapan MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus tahun pelajaran
2011/2012 sebelum dan sesudah diajarkan menggunakan teknik dictation.
Rancangan penelitian ini adalah penelitian experimen dengan
menggunakan instrumen tes. Penelitian experimen ini, menggunakan satu
kelompok pre test dan post test, karena penelitan dilakukan hanya dalam satu
kelompok tanpa kelompok pembanding. Penelitian ini diterapkan untuk siswa
kelas delapan MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus untuk mencari hasil kemampuan
mendengarkan mereka sebelum dan sesudah diajarkan dengan menggunakan
teknik dictation. Dalam penelitian ini, penulis memberikan pre test kepada siswa,
kemudian dilanjutkan dengan pelaksanaan pengajaran mendengarkan
menggunakan teknik dictation dan langkah yang terakhir memberikan post tes
pada siswa. Sempel yang digunakan adalah siswa kelas VIII A.
Hasil dari penelitian ini menunujukan bahwa menggunakan teknik
dictation dlam pengajaran mendengarkan lebih efektif untuk meningkatkan
kemampuan mendengarkan pada siswa-siswa. Hal ini dpat dilihat dari hasil pre
test dan post test. Hasil pre test, nilai rata-rata (mean) = 76 dan stantar deviasi =
7.681. Jadi, hasil dari kemampuan mendengarkan sebelum diajarkan
menggunakan teknik dictation pada siswa kelas delapan MTs NU Mu’allimat
Kudus tahun pelajaran 2011/2012 adalah cukup. Sementara itu, pada hasil post
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test, nilai rata-rata (mean) = 83.875 dan standar deviasi = 8.507. Jadi, hasil dari
kemampuan mendengarkan sesudah diajarkan menggunakan teknik dictation pada
siswa kelas delapan MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus tahun pelajaran 2011/2012 adah
sangat baik. Hipotesis pada tingkat signifikan 0.05 (5%) = 2.021 dan tingkat
kebebasan (N-1) = 39, menunjukkan bahwa ada perbedaan antara kemampuan
mendengarkan siswa kelas delapan MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus tahun pelajaran
2011/2012 sebelum dan sesudah diajrkan menggunakan teknik dictation. Hasil to
(12.27) lebih tinggi dari t-tabel (2.021). Oleh karena itu, dapat dikatakan bahwa
null hipotesis ditolak, sementara alternatif hipotesis diterima.
Penulis menyarankan untuk para guru agar dapat menggunakan teknik
dictation sebagai salah satu teknik alternatif untuk mengajar materi
mendengarkan. Guru juga harus memotivasi siswa-siswa dalam belajar bahasa
Inggris. Untuk siswa-siswa harus menguasai dalam kemampuan mendengarkan
dan juga mereka harus mengetahui makna dari kosa kata bahasa Inggris atau kata
kerja karena dari kata kerja tersebut, siswa-siswa dapat mengerti apa makna dari
sebuah kalimat. Dan yang terakhir, untuk peneliti selanjutnya, mereka dapat
menggunakan teknik dictation tidak hanya dalam pengajaran mendengarkan tetapi
juga dalam mengajar kemampuan berbicara, membaca dan menulis.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
COVER ............................................................................................... i
LOGO .................................................................................................. ii
TITLE .................................................................................................. iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ........................................................... iv
ADVISORS’ APPROVAL .................................................................. v
EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL ............................................................... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................... vii
ABSTRACT ......................................................................................... ix
ABSTRAKSI ....................................................................................... xi
TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................... xiii
LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................... xvi
LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................. xvii
LIST OF APPENDICES ...................................................................... xviii
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Research .................................................... 1
1.2 Statements of the Problems ...................................................... 4
1.3 Objective of the Research ........................................................ 5
1.4 Significance of the Research .................................................... 5
1.5 Limitation of the Research ....................................................... 6
1.6 Operational Definition .............................................................. 6
CHAPTER II: REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE AND
HYPOTHESIS
2.1 Teaching English in MTs ........................................................... 8
2.1.1 Teaching English in MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus ....................... 9
2.1.2 The Curriculum of Teaching English in
MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus ....................................................... 10
2.1.3 The Purpose of Teaching English in
MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudu ......................................................... 11
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2.1.4 The Material of Teaching English in
MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus ....................................................... 11
2.1.5 The method of Teaching English in
MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus ....................................................... 12
2.2 Listening ..................................................................................... 13
2.2.1 Definition of Listening ................................................................ 13
2.2.2 Listening Process ........................................................................ 14
2.2.3 Types of Listening....................................................................... 14
2.3 Dictation Technique.................................................................... 15
2.3.1 Kinds of Dictation Technique ..................................................... 16
2.3.2 Advantages and Disadvantage of Dictation Technique .............. 17
2.4 Teaching English Listening by
Using Dictation Technique ......................................................... 18
2.5 Review of Previous Research ..................................................... 19
2.6 Theoretical Framework ............................................................... 20
2.7 Hypothesis of the Research ........................................................ 21
CHAPTER III: METHOD OF THE RESEARCH
3.1 Design of the Research ............................................................... 22
3.2 Population and Sample ............................................................... 24
3.2.1 Population ................................................................................... 24
3.2.2 Sample ......................................................................................... 24
3.3 Instrument of the Research ......................................................... 25
3.4 Data Collection .......................................................................... 27
3.5 Data Analysis .............................................................................. 28
CHAPTER IV: FINDING OF THE RESEARCH
4.1 Research Finding ........................................................................ 31
4.1.1 The Listening Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU
Mu’allimat Kudus in Academic Year 2011/2012 Before Being
Taught by Using Dictation Technique ........................................ 31
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4.2 The Listening Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU
Mu’allimat Kudus in Academic Year 2011/2012 After Being
Taught by Using Dictation Technique ........................................ 34
4.3 Hypothesis Testing ..................................................................... 37
CHAPTER V: DISCUSSION
5.1 Discussion ................................................................................... 40
5.1.1 The Listening Ability of the Eighth Grade students of MTs NU
Mu’allimat Kudus in Academic year 2011/2012 Before Being
Taught by Using Dictation Technique ........................................ 40
5.2 The Listening Ability of the Eighth Grade students of MTs NU
Mu’allimat Kudus in Academic year 2011/2012 After Being
Taught by Using Dictation Technique ....................................... 41
5.3 Hypothesis Testing .................................................................... 42
CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
6.1 Conclusion .................................................................................. 45
6.2 Suggestion .................................................................................. 46
Bibliography ......................................................................................... 47
Appendices .......................................................................................... 49
Curriculum Vitae
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LIST OF TABLES
Table Page
3.2 The Table Classification of the Listening Ability ...................... 29
4.1 The Data Score of the Listening Ability of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus in academic
year 2011/2012 Before being Taught by Using
Dictation Technique.................................................................... 32
4.2 The Frequency and Percentage Distribution of The Listening
Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Mu’allimat
Kudus in academic year 2011/2012 Before Being Taught by
Using Dictation Technique ......................................................... 33
4.3 The Data Score of the Listening Ability of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus in academic year
2011/2012 After being Taught by Using
Dictation Technique.................................................................... 35
4.4 The Frequency and Percentage Distribution of The Listening
Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Mu’allimat
Kudus in academic year 2011/2012 After Being Taught by
Using Dictation Technique ......................................................... 36
4.5 The Result of the Listening Ability of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus in academic year
2011/2012 Before and After Being Taught by Using
Dictation Technique ................................................................... 38
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Page
3.1 The Design Experiment Pre test-post test ................................... 23
4.1 The Bar Diagram of the Listening Ability of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus in Academic Year
2011/2012 Before Being Taught by Using
Dictation Technique.................................................................... 34
4.2 The Bar Diagram of the Listening Ability of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus in Academic Year
2011/2012 After Being Taught by Using
Dictation Technique.................................................................... 37
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix page
1 Syllabus ..................................................................................................... 49
2 Lesson Plan .............................................................................................. 56
3 Students Worksheet ................................................................................. 76
4 Test items before using dictation technique ............................................. 81
5 Script Listening for Pre test .................................................................... 84
6 Test items after using dictation technique ............................................... 88
7 Script Listening for Post test ………………………… ............................ 91
8 The Tabulation of Try Out ........................................................................ 94
9 The Calculation of Reliability of Try Out ................................................. 95
10 The Score of the Listening Ability of the Eighth GradeStudents of
MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus in Academic Year 2011/2012 before
Being Taught by Using Dictation Technique .......................................... 96
11 The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of the Listening
Ability of the Eighth Grade Students in MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus
before Being Taught by Using Dictation Technique ................................ 97
12 The Score of the Listening Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs
NU Mu’allimat Kudus in Academic Year 2011/2012 after Being Taught
by Using Dictation Technique ………………………… ……….. .......... 100
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13 The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of the Listening
Ability of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus
after Being Taught by Using Dictation Technique .................................. 101
14 The Calculation of t-observation (t0) of the Listening Ability of
the Eighth Grade Students of MTs NU Mu’allimat Kudus in Academic
year 2011/2012 Taught by Using Dictation Technique ............................ 104
15 T-Table ..................................................................................................... 107
16 The List of the Eighth Grade Students (VIII A) for Experimental Class . 108
17 Example of Dictation Technique .............................................................. 109