The Influence of Authentic English Video Clips on Students’ Listening Comprehension

Various methods of teaching English to EFL students in Indonesia have been used to increase their language skills. However, students’ English proficiency is still not satisfactory. Therefore, this paper aimed at investigating the effects of using authentic English video clips to improve listening comprehension among EFL students in Aceh, Indonesia. A quasi-experimental group design with non-randomized pretest-posttest control was employed in this study. The sample of the study were 68 second-year students of State Senior High School 4 Banda Aceh. The experimental group was treated by using authentic English video clips and the control group was taught by using audio compact disc (CD). A listening test was used as an instrument to collect data. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the data collected. Results showed that the use of authentic English video clips significantly improved students’ achievement in listening comprehension in comparison to those taught by using audio compact disc (CD), i.e., there was a significant difference between students who were taught by using authentic English video clips and students who were taught by using audio compact disc (CD) in terms of listening comprehension.

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