THE USE OF WHATSAPP AUDIO MESSAGE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ LISTENING SKILL AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF MAN PALOPO

This research aims to find out whether the use of Whatsapp audio message effectively improves students‟ listening skill at the eleventh-year MAN Palopo. Pre-experimental research design is applied in this research and focused on one group pre-test and post-test design. The population of this research is the eleventh�year students of MAN Palopo in the academic year 2022/2023. The sample of this research was the XI MIPA classes that consisted of 32 students. The data were collected by giving pre-test and post-test. To calculate and analyze the students‟
score of pre-test and post test, the researcher used SPSS 20. The final result showed that the ttest was higher than ttable, with 6.2671.695 at a significance level of 5% (0.05) in the degree of freedom = 31. The tcount is higher than ttable. It can be
stated that the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected, and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. As the result, a considerable difference in listening skill achievement if Whatasapp audio message are used in the learning process. The
researcher concluded that Whatsapp audio message could help to improve students‟ listening skill.