The Implementation of Audiobook in Teaching Listening to The Eleventh Grade

Abstract

This research aimed to show the implementation audiobook in teaching listening and the advantages and disadvantages audiobook of in teaching listening at senior high school Muhammadiyah 1 Ponorogo. This study employed a descriptive qualitative research method. The subject of this research was class XI IPA 5 and XI IPS 2. The data was collected from observation, interviews, and documentation. The researcher chose five students to be interviewed. The results of this study showed that the implementation has a positive impact on students learning and showed mixed responses from students regarding its effectiveness in improving their listening comprehension. Then, the advantages of an audiobook are flexibility in terms of time and learning content, creating a more dynamic learning environment, and open access to audiobooks in various everyday languages, increasing students' skills, vocabulary, and grammar. The disadvantages here are more indicative of the problems students experience when listening to audiobook, most students have difficulties such as distinguishing between words and sentences