Improving Students‟ Listening Competence by Using Contextual Teaching and Learning (A Classroom Action Research Conducted at the Second Grade of MTs. Ma‟arif 2 Muntilan, Magelang)

Abstract

This research was conducted to improve students " listening competence by using Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) method. The aims of conducting this research were as follows: (1) improving students " listening competence through CTL; (2) finding the students " interest improvement on their listening by using CTL; (3) finding the improvement of the students " listening competence by using CTL. The Classroom Action Research was used by the researcher in conducting this research. Furthermore, the pre-test, treatments, and post-test were given to find the students " listening improvement in learning using CTL.The result of the research showed that CTL could improve the students " listening competence. It could be seen from the average scores in the pre-test and post-test. The average score of students in the pre-test was about fifty six point two. Meanwhile, the average score in the first post-test and second post-test were seventy two point five and eighty point six. The result of the students " average score showed the improvement in their listening achievement by by using CTL. The students " interest improved through the students " active contribution during the learning processes which was measured by using scoring rubric of " metacognitive rubric motivation " . Therefore, it can be concluded that CTL is effective to teach listening to the students. In short, the method can be used by the teacher as an alternative to teach listening.