The Effectiveness of Froggy Jumps Learning Media to Enhance the Tenth Graders’ Recount Text Listening Skill at SMA N 1 Salaman

Abstract

Listening is one of the important skills in English language learning that plays a crucial role in understanding spoken language. However, many tenth graders at SMA N 1 Salaman still experience difficulties in understanding spoken English text. This study aimed to examine whether there is any difference between students’ recount text listening skill those taught using Froggy Jumps and those taught using Quizizz and to find out the effectiveness of Froggy Jumps learning medium to enhance the listening skill of the tenth-grade students at SMA N 1 Salaman in understanding recount texts. A quasi-experimental design was employed and the participant was 60 tenth graders. They were divided into the experimental class and the control class. The results show that students mean score in the experimental class increased from 59.00 in the pre-test to 87.67 in the post-test. While the mean score for control class was 69.33 in the pre-test and 84.17 in the post-test. The N-Gain score was 0.66 that is indicated a moderately effective based on Hake’s criteria. It is concluded that Froggy Jumps learning media is effective to enhance students’ recount text listening skill. This medium encourages students to be more active and enhance their listening skill.