| dc.description.abstract | A Podcast application is software that can be downloaded from play store
8 or app store. A podcast is a series of spoken, audio episodes, usually targeted on a
9 selected topic, or theme. A podcast allow students to practice English more
10 comfortably. By using podcast applications as an effective media to develop the
11 students’ listening skills.
12 The objective of this research is to find out the effectiveness of podcast
13 application to developing students’ listening skills. The sample of this research
14 consisted of 25 students at IX grade of MTS Salafiyah Siman. The instrument of
15 this research is a test. The test used an objective written test that included multiple
16 choices. The quantitative data were in the form of students’ listening scores. The
17 scores are comparing from pre-test and post-test.
18 To achieve the purpose of this study, the data were analyzed by using
19 paired sample t-test in the SPSS program. After analyzing the test, the researcher
20 found that the mean score of the post-test is greater than the pre-test (77.88 for the
21 post-test and 57.64 for the pre-test). And the results of calculating using paired t22 test, the results obtained are sig.2 tailed of .000 < .05 with t-count of -9.276 which
23 means that the average before using podcast application is lower than the average
24 after using podcast. Thus, podcast application gives effective learning in the
25 students’ listening skill.
26 Suggestion for other researcher, this study only obtained data from 25
27 students, which if using the paired sample t-test it must be more than 30 students.
28 There was one of the weaknesses of this study. So for the next researcher, should
29 increase the number of samples to at least more than 30. If the samples are below
30 30, it must use the non-parametric test in the SPSS. Therefore, the next researcher
31 should consider the conditions, time and, equipment in recording the material
32 because it is directly related to the clarity of the sound produced. And other
33 variables that can be investigated further related to the podcasts are learning
34 styles, concentration, and self-regulated learning. | en_US |
