The Effect of Lesson Study on Listening Ability of Group B Students at At-Tauhid Palembang Early Childhood

Abstract

Listening skills are the basic skills for developing children's language skills. The listening ability of children at Paud At-Tauhid Palembang is still low. This can be seen at the time the learning took place some children did not pay attention to the teacher because they were more absorbed in playing and chatting with their friends, and when the teacher asked questions there were only a few children who could answer the questions. Researchers used lesson study with the stages, namely plan-do-see-redesign to improve children's listening skills. This research aims to identify the effect of lesson study on the listening skill of children in Paud At-Tauhid Palembang, covering 3 indicators, namely (1) listening attentively, (2) answering simple questions, (3) reiterating the words heard. It is pre-experimental research with one case study design. The sample was selected using a purposive sampling technique with consideration of the low listening skill of children in class B1. This research involved a total of 20 samples of 9 boys and 11 girls. The data were collected using an observation sheet. The sheet displayed test scores and then they were converted to a value. The treatment was conducted for 3 meetings and each meeting was observed. The collected data were processed by calculating the average listening skill of the children. Based on the result of the t-test, it showed t–count values of 3.78 and t-table values of 1.72 meaning that H₀ is rejected and H_a is accepted. So, it can be concluded that the lesson study provides significant effects on the listening skill of students