STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN LISTENING TO CONVERSATION THROUGH PODCAST MEDIA

DINDA, TRI PRATIWI (2022) STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN LISTENING TO CONVERSATION THROUGH PODCAST MEDIA. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The research aimed to find out the problems encountered by the students in using Podcast media. The second aim was to find students' difficulties listening to the conversation through Podcast media. The descriptive method was used to analyze the difficulties faced by the students in listening to the conversation through Podcast media. The subject of this research was class XI.5 Science in the second semester of SMAN 1 in the academic year 2021/2022, which consists of 33 students in the academic year 2021/2022. Data were gathered by questionnaire, interview, and observation. The result of this research is explained with two points. First, the student's problems in using Podcast include: less interested in using Podcast, prefer using videos than audio Podcast, less vocabulary, the speaker speaking too fast, losing concentration when listening to the Podcast, not being able to understand the meaning of the word as a whole in the sentences, and have problems when answering the question and hear the Podcast at the same time. Second, the student's difficulties in listening to the conversation through Podcast media include unfamiliar words, lexical density, speakers' pronunciation and accent, the duration of the speakers in making conversation, bored, losing concentration, background noise, and defective equipment were significant difficulties encountered by XI.5 Science students of SMAN 1 Seputih Banyak. Keywords: Descriptive research, difficulties in listening, listening through Podcast media, listening to conversation, problems using Podcast media

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