STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF EXTENSIVE LISTENING

Abstract

In teaching English, especially listening, the teacher should be creative in selecting materials to gain learners’ interest. Listening is an important skill for students, because students should listen first before understanding something. Extensive listening was a great decision for teachers to make students receive a lot of comprehensible and enjoyable listening input. The aim of this study was to describe the students’ perception on the implementation of extensive listening to enhance listening comprehension. This study used case study in qualitative method and analyzed 16 students (in 2nd semester) from a private university in Bogor. This study used questionnaire as the tool to get the data. The result of this study showed that students are enthusiast and enjoyed the listening class. In conclusion, the students had positive perception on the implementation of extensive listening to enhance listening comprehension. The respondents agreed that the implementation of extensive listening
activity used in the class was useful to enhance their listening comprehension. The respondents also felt happy and enthusiastic whenever the listening class is started. The listening class was fun and the media used was useful for the students. The students also had better understanding in this listening class than in the previous semester.