THE USE OF DIGITAL STORYTELLING TO STIMULATE LEARNERS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION (A Case Study at Eleventh Grade in One of the Senior High School in Ciamis)

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study was carried out to find out the teacher’s strategies in teaching digital storytelling to stimulate learners’ listening comprehension and investigate learners’ responses to the use of digital storytelling to stimulate their listening comprehension. The study used qualitative case study method in the process for data taken from classroom observation, interview and questionnaires. The participant of this study was chosen purposively which were an English teacher who taught the students of listening skills and eleventh-grade students at one of the senior high schools in Ciamis. The first finding showed that the teacher tends to use top-down and bottom-up activities as a strategy in teaching listening using digital storytelling. Furthermore, the second finding of this study showed that students view the teaching and learning process of listening using digital storytelling media as an activity that helps students understand what the speaker is saying from the video, increases student motivation, and improves students' listening skills. The conclusion showed that (1) The teacher used top-down and bottom-up strategies including teacher made good preparation in teaching listening using digital storytelling; (2) The teacher provides strategies to overcome some problems such as a lack of students motivation by make students understand the material provided and motivate the students. Furthermore, the researcher also suggests free and easily accessible digital media such as interesting digital storytelling to be applied in classroom learning. Keywords: Digital Storytelling, Listening Comprehension, Teaching Listening