The Use of Audio-visual Resources to Improve the Students' Listening Skill at Indonesian Police Language School in Jakarta

dr. irwan baadila, m.pd.; dr. tri wintolo apoko, m.pd; h.ujang suparman, ma, ph.d.;

This research aims to investigate how audio-visual resources improve the
students’ listening skill and to explore the students’ responses on them in the
intermediate level of Police Language School. The subject of this research was 15
students who were studying on the educational program held from January to
April 2013, including two English native speakers as observers. The action
classroom research implemented the spiral model cycles. The treatments
comprised three cycles in which each cycle was divided into three meetings.
Based on the three cycles implemented through planning, acting, observation and
reflection in the classroom, the data were collected from four sources, namely
from students by giving test items and questionnaires to them, observers through
observation and interview, researcher through field notes as well as video camera
recordings during the learning process.
After all the data were validated, analyzed and interpreted, it was found that
the achievement of passing percentage was inclined to develop on the tests
starting from pre-, progress to post tests and the students’ responses on audiovisual
indicated the positive result. Meanwhile, the use of audio-visual resources
based on the checklist observation and the field notes during the learning process
contributed to the success of learning in the classroom. Furthermore, audio-visual
could be an interactive tool, authentic materials and as a model in testing listening.
In short, the audio-visual resources can be explored and exploited as alternative
solution to develop the students’ listening skill by giving the students appropriate
and various tasks during pre-, whilst and post listening in the learning activities.