160-170 THE EFFECT OF USING AUDIO VISUAL AIDS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ LISTENING SKILL IN ENGLISH TEACHING LEARNING

Abstract

In learning English, there are four skill that students should learn, one of them is listening skill. Listening is one of the most important pieces of learning and teaching English. In order to be successful in listening, students should come up with some strategies, that is using an effective media namely Audio Visual Aids. Audio Visual is a device which are utilized in the classroom to encourage learning and build it easier and attractive. The aim of this research is to investigate whether students' can improve listening skill through Audio Visual Aids. This research was conducted 5 students from SMA YASPITA Kota Tangerang Selatan in academic year 2021/2022 from IPS consists of 1 class. The writer used Quantitative and Qualitative as the methods. Pre-test, Post-test, and Questionnaires were used as the instruments. Based on the results, all students and the class got average scores above the KKM after the treatment. Besides that, the students were more excited and not got bored briefly. The class gets to be more attractive in learning listening. Audio Visual Aids material motivates the students and helps them to improve their listening skill. These make the classroom more interactive.