THE PROBLEM IN LISTENING COURSE FACED BY FIRST

SEMESTER STUDENTS ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH

MALANG

THESIS

By:

Ramadhan Januarsaputra

201410100311182

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2020

THE PROBLEM IN LISTENING COURSE FACED BY FIRST

SEMESTER STUDENTS ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

THESIS

This thesis submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Language Education

By:

Ramadhan Januarsaputra

201410100311182

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2020

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

“Do not wait. There will never be a right time”

-Napoleon Hill-

“Change your mind and you can change your world”

-Norman Vincent Peale-

I dedicate this thesis to:

My beloved parents,

My sisters Kartika, My brother Rangga

To all who support and pray for my success

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

MOTTO AND DEDICATION .............................................................................. iv

AUTHOR’S DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY .............................................. v

ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................... vi

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................... vii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................... viii

CHAPTER I ............................................................................................................ 1

INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 1

1.1 Background of Study ................................................................................ 1

1.2 Research Problem ..................................................................................... 3

1.3 Purposes of The Research ........................................................................ 3

1.4 Research Significance .............................................................................. 3

1.5 Scope and Limitation ................................................................................ 4

1.6 Definitions of Key Terms ......................................................................... 4

CHAPTER II ........................................................................................................... 5

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE .............................................................. 5

2.1 Definition of Listening Skills ................................................................... 5

2.2 Listening Sequence ................................................................................... 6

2.3 Listening Principle ................................................................................... 7

2.4 Major Problem in Listening ..................................................................... 9

2.5 Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Problem In Listening ............................. 12

CHAPTER III ....................................................................................................... 13

RESEARCH METHOD ........................................................................................ 13

3.1 Research Design ..................................................................................... 13

3.2 Research Subject .................................................................................... 14

3.3 Research Instrument ............................................................................... 15

3.4 Data Collection ....................................................................................... 16

3.5 Data Analysis ......................................................................................... 17

CHAPTER IV ....................................................................................................... 18

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION .......................................................................... 18

4.1 Findings .................................................................................................. 18

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4.1.1 Questionnaires ................................................................................. 18

4.1.2 Interview ......................................................................................... 21

4.2 Discussions ............................................................................................. 24

CHAPTER V ......................................................................................................... 27

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ................................................................. 27

5.1 Conclusion .............................................................................................. 27

5.2 Suggestion .............................................................................................. 28

REFERENCES ...................................................................................................... 29

List of Tables......................................................................................................... 31

Appendices ............................................................................................................ 33

Interview Result ................................................................................................ 33

Questionnaires Result (After Colour Coding) ................................................... 45

QUETIONAIRES RESULT .............................................................................. 57

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List of Tables

Table 3.1 List of Average Score of Literal Listening (2017/2018)

No Class Average Score

1 A 76.51

2 B 62.57

3 C 73.04

4 D 82.19

5 E 80.06

6 F 80.03

7 G 71.55

8 H 73.47

9 I 63.40

10 J 65.43

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Table 3.2 List of Questionnaires

No Question Answer

1. What are the problem that

student faced in listening

class?

2. What do you do to overcome

that problem?

3. Whether the problem can be

overcome in that way?

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