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ERIC Number: EJ1159934
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jul
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-2203-4714
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The Effectiveness of Song Technique in Teaching Paper Based TOEFL (PBT)'s Listening Comprehension Section
Kuswoyo, Heri
Advances in Language and Literary Studies, v4 n2 p48-56 Jul 2013
Among three sections that follow the Paper-Based TOEFL (PBT), many test takers find listening comprehension section is the most difficult. Thus, in this research the researcher aims to explore how students learn PBT's listening comprehension section effectively through song technique. This sounds like a more interesting and engaging way to learn language because music is a very powerful motivational tool for learning language. To reach the goal of this study, the researcher applied the grammar approach. It is an appropriate approach since the main idea of grammar-based listening exercises is to analyze the language by its components and reconstruct an incomplete text. Besides, the researcher employed an English song as the media the researcher uses the top-down model for the Listening Process. In this research, the writer tries to share his experience in teaching listening in English department of Teknokrat College by implementing song technique
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indonesia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Test of English as a Foreign Language
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