The Effect of Using Problem Based Learning Method Applying on Students' Ability in Listening

Abstract

This final project is an action research. In this study, I limit the discussion by stating the following problem: “The Effect of Using Problem Based Learning Method Applying on Students’ Ability in Listening?” The aims of the research is to find out whether using Problem Based Learning Method is effective to improve the students’ability. It is expected that the result of the study can increasing the students’ability in using problem based learning method applying especially for Senior High school students’. The subject of the study was the students of SMA TARBIYAH in the Academic Year 2017/2018 which distribute into 2 classes. By using total sample technique all population with total number of 40 students was taken as the sample. An experimental research design was apply in this research. Experimental design aim to get the relation between cause effect clearly and between the cause factors with the problem of research

Based on the data analysis, it can be seen that there is significant difference in the result of the control & experimental the students’ pre-test and post-test. The mean experimental group pre-test was 56,00 and 72,25 in the posttest meanwhile the mean control group pre-test was 53 and 63,75 in the post-test.

The main factor affecting this improvement was the students’ interest in this

method.

Therefore, it can be suggested that the using problem based learning

method can be alternative way to teach listening, especially to improve the

students’ ability in listening. This result hopefully would motivate language

teachers to using problem based learning method in teaching English in the

classroom, especially when teaching English listening to senior High School

students