Integrated of Mobile Phone as Interactive Media in Extensive Listening

Abstract

Learning English is the most difficult to learn by students, especially in learning of listening aspect. This research aims to investigate the process of listening activity in the classroom using mobile phone as interactive media in extensive listening and how the students’ responds of learning listening using mobile phone as an interactive media in extensive listening. Methodology of this research is descriptive qualitative. The subject of this research is Private Senior High School Muhammadiyah Karawang with 30 students as the sample of this research. The data analysis of this research uses the result of observation, interview, and documentation. Observation is used to know the learning process in classroom. Interview is used to know the students’ respond in learning process. While documentation is used to strengthen the data. The result of observation class shows that the process of teaching and learning listening as follows: (1) the teacher begins learning within 10 minutes, (2) the main activity using mobile phone in learning listening within 25 minutes, and (2) the final activity: the teacher gives a test to measure the students’ ability in listening comprehension. Meanwhile, the result of interview with the students shows that students mentioned convenience and interesting using mobile phone (37%) and accessed in anywhere and anytime (30%), easiness (17%), authenticity (10%), and usefulness and fun (7%) to use their mobile phone in English listening.