Program Studi Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar FKIP Universitas Pasundan
Abstract
Listening is a daily activity that will be carried out by humans. Listening is so important for humans because humans cannot carry out verbal communication activities if they do not carry out listening activities. This research was motivated by problems in listening skills in class II elementary school students. This research is a qualitative descriptive study conducted in an elementary school in South Tangerang with a total of 15 students as subjects. This study aims to determine the ability to listen to short stories, the factors that cause difficulties in listening to short stories, and find out the solutions to improve the ability to listen to short stories in class II elementary school students. The instruments used in this study were tests on students, student interviews, and interviews with class II teachers. The results of this study indicate that the ability to listen to short stories for grade II elementary school students varies. Judging from the results of the study of 15 students, 3 students were categorized as good, 10 students were categorized as sufficient, and 2 students were categorized as lacking. Factors that influence the ability to listen to stories are psychological factors, environmental factors, and motivational factors. Efforts that can be made to improve the ability to listen to students' stories are using animated films as learning media, doing ice breking before learning begins, and arranging classrooms in such a way as to create a conducive classroom, as well as allowing students to get equal opportunities to listen and be listened to
