Kegiatan Optimalisasi Potensi Ketrampilan Menyimak Siswa pada Kelas Unggulan dengan Menerapkan Fun Games and Attractive Activities

Authors

  • Fitri Wijayanti
  • Alfi Hidayatu Miqawati

Abstract

English plays an important role in bridging communication among countries in the world. Therefore, it cannot be denied that the ability in using English actively becomes a crucial point to be achieved. In Indonesian context, where English as a foreign language, government has already made many efforts in equipping students with the ability of using English. Unfortunately, in the real application, many teachers face many challenges especially in listening skill. They said that it was difficult to make the students engange actively during the teaching learning process. The students alfo felt difficult in understanding the text conveyed orally. Therefore, it needed an activity to maximize the students’potential in listening skill.  To be better listener, the writers worked together with the teachers in order to improve the students’ listening skill by applying fun games and attractive activities. This collaboration produced a good result. Both the teachers and the students got new experiences in practicing listening skill. The teachers finally know that there are many variations in using multimedia to give the students activity in listening class. The students were higly motivated in participating the listening activities since the input were presented in attractive ways. Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of fun and attractive learning activities in a classroom create a very comfortable situation in which it provides the students with new input and experiences.

 

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Published

03-09-2018