An Analysis Students’ Listening Ability in Comprehending the Plot of Short Movie at First Year Students of English Department, FKIP Bung Hatta University

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Listening is important skill in English because through listening we can understand what people say and talk . According to Azizah and Yaumi (2008:117), there are various kinds of listening materials .They are monologue, dialogue, conversation and movie. Listening to movie convers listening to plot ,theme, dialogue and staging. Plot is a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story , or the main part of story. Relating to this, the researcher conducted this study on purpose of determining and describing students’ listening ability in comprehending the plot of short movie.

The Population of this research was the first year students of English Department Bung Hatta University. The number of sample was 27 students selected using total sampling technique. The instrument of this research was listening test, in a kind of  multiple choice test. To make instrument reliable, the researcher gave try out to the students out the sample. It was found that reliability index of the test was 0.80 .It means that the test was reliable.

  The result of this research showed that the listening ability of the first year students of Bung Hatta University in comprehending the plot of short movie was good. It was proved by the fact that 15 students (55,55%) students had good ability. In detail, the students’ listening ability in comprehending exposition of short movie was good. It was proved by the fact that 8 students (29,26%) had good ability. The students’ listening ability in comprehending rising action was good . It was proved by the fact that 9 students (33,33%) had good ability .The students listening ability in comprehending climax was low. It was proved by the fact that 21 students (74,07%) had low ability. Then, the students’ listening ability in comprehending resolution was low. It was proved by the fact that 16 students (59,25%) had low ability.

In line with the findings of this study as discussed above, it can be concluded that the students’ listening ability in comprehending the plot of short movie was good. Relating to this conclusion, the researcher suggests the English lecturers at FKIP Bung Hatta University give more exercise about listening to the plot of movie in order to improve students’ listening ability. The students are suggested to practice listening to the plot of the movie, especially listening to climax and resolution to improve their ability to become very good.

Key word : Listening Ability,  plot, short movie