The Application Of Whispering Game Strategy For Teaching Listening Comprehension To Eighth Grade Students At Santivit Songkhla Technological College Thailand

Ayuning Tiyas, Joyce Candra (2024) The Application Of Whispering Game Strategy For Teaching Listening Comprehension To Eighth Grade Students At Santivit Songkhla Technological College Thailand. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq Jember.

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Abstract

Joyce Candra Ayuning Tiyas, 2024: The Application of Whispering Game Strategy for Teaching Listening Comprehension to Eighth Grade Students at Santivit Songkhla Technological College Thailand
Keywords: Teaching listening comprehension, Whispering game, Eighth grade.

Students' listening comprehension in English language learning is an important concern for eighth grade students at Santivit Songkhla Technological College, Thailand. Major obstacles include pronunciation, intonation, and unpleasant learning perceptions. Environmental factors, such as noise and poor audio quality, also have an impact. Thai students often experience difficulties due to 'Language Transfer', where Thai language structures are inappropriately transferred to English. This issue is important in the context of teaching and learning. In order to overcome these challenges, teachers need to bring innovation in the learning of listening comprehension. Therefore, the English teacher of Santivit Songkhla Technological College utilized Whispering game strategies at the eighth grade to solve the student’s problem and to help student’s listening comprehension.
The research focus forms as follows: 1) What is the purpose of applying the Whispering Game strategy for teaching listening comprehension to eighth grade students at Santivit Songkhla Technological College, Thailand? 2) How is the Whispering Game strategy implemented to teach listening comprehension to eighth grade students at Santivit Songkhla Technological College, Thailand? 3) What is the evaluation of applying the Whispering Game strategy for teaching listening comprehension to eighth grade students at Santivit Songkhla Technological College, Thailand?
This research utilized a qualitative approach and used case study as the research design. Conducted at Santivit Songkhla Technological College, Thailand, this study used purposive sampling to select the research subjects, were the English teacher and students of eighth grade. Data were collected through observation, interview, and document review. In addition, this study applied data analysis techniques based on the Miles, Huberman, and Saldana approach, which includes data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. Finally, data validity was strengthened through the use of source and technique triangulation.
The findings of the research, were 1. The Purpose of Teaching Listening Comprehension Through Whispering Game strategy are as follows: a) Actively Engaged, b) Create a Dynamic Classroom Environment, c) Increasing Active Engagement d) Creates a Fun Learning Experience. 2. This implementation is divided into two result, the first is he materials taught in this lesson are : a) asking for, b) giving and c) refusing services and the steps were: a) The teacher starts by preparing the materials for the whispering game. b) In the game, students practice asking for, giving, and refusing services. c) The groups are formed into five people in a group, and the students whisper the sentences in turn. d) The last students identify what sentences they hear and write down what the sentences are on the board instead of delivering them orally. e) Due to time constraints, only one round of the game is played per session. 3. Evaluation uses formative assessment which includes tests and non-tests. The test assessment uses questions to fill in the blank sentences, while the non-test assessment uses attitude assessment.

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