THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING AUDIO VISUAL AID (AVA) IN

IMPROVING THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS’ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT

AT SMP ISLAM PULE TRENGGALEK
IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2009-2010.

THESIS
Presented to
State Islamic College of Tulungagung
In partical fulfillment of the requirements
For the degree of Sarjana Pendidikan Islam
In English Education Program

By
SITI ZAHRO’
NIM 3213063109

ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM

DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION
STATE ISLAMIC COLLEGE OF
TULUNGAGUNG
2010

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 APPROVAL

This is to certify that the Sarjana’s thesis of Siti Zahro’ has been approved by the

thesis advisor for further approval by the Board of Examiners.

Tulungagung, 28 July 2010

Advisor,

Hj.Siti Nur Farida Laila, MA.

NIP. 19720115 199903 2 002

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 LEGALIZATION

This is to certify that the Sarjana’s thesis antitled “The Effectiveness of Word
Wall Media in Improving the Fifth Year Students’ Mastery on Vocabulary at
SDN 04 Sumberbendo, Pucanglaban, Tulungagung” was written by Umi
Nadhiroh has been approved by the Board of Examiners as the requirement for the
degree of Sarjana Pendidikan Islam in English Edication Program.

Board of Thesis Examiners

Chair, Secretary,

Drs. Mashudi, M.pd.I Hj.Siti Noer Farida Laila, MA.

19690103 200112 1 003 NIP. 19720115 199903 2 002

Main Examiner,

Susanto,SS.M.pd.
NIP.19730831 199903 1 002

Tulungagung, 7 August 2010

Approved by

Chief, STAIN Tulungagung

Dr. Maftukhin, M.Ag

NIP. 19670717 200003 1 002

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 MOTTO

Everyone must have problem of life.

The difference between winner and loser is

on ability to survive;

Subjugating all problems strongly so

reaches sense of happiness.

And, one of pillar to survive is religion.

(By Muhammad El Natsir)

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 DEDICATION

This thesis is dedicated to:

 My parents, Bpk. H. Ma’shum and Ibu Hj.Siti

Chasanah

 My brothers and sisters, Yusuf, Ida, and Ruroh

 Mr. Muhib in Jember, who has helped me to

write this thesis

 Hadiq, Vita, Nanik at UIN Malang who have me

to finished this thesis.

 My best friends: Nadhir, Tantri, Zana, Hanik,

Luchis,Iip, Rofi’, and All friends at Sunan Pandanaran

Cottage.

 All of my friends who support me to finish this

thesis.

 My Almamater, STAIN Tulungagung

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 PREFACE

This is one of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana. So, it has

become compulsory subject for the university students.

This thesis is the Effectiveness of Using Audio Visual Aid (AVA) in

Improving the First year Students’ English Achievement at SMP Islam Pule

Trenggalek in the Academic 2009-2010. The result of this research can be used by

the readers, especially for the English teacher as reference that AVA is one of the

media to improve English achievements in teaching learning process.

From this research the writer hopes that this thesis can be useful and

become of the consideration for teaching learning process. As human who make

many mistakes, this thesis still far from being perfect, therefore the writer hopes

some critics and suggestion from the reader to make this thesis better.

The writer

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

My great praise is to Allah SWT, the Most Powerful, Forgiveness, and the

Almighty for his Blessing in the best giving me health and the ability in finishing

this thesis.

I wish to express my gratitude to:

1. Mr. Dr. Maftukhin, M.Ag as the head of STAIN Tulungagung.

2. Mrs. Hj. Siti Noer Farida Laila, MA. as my advisor for her valuable

guidance and suggestion during the process of writing this thesis.

3. All of lecturers of STAIN. Tulungagung.

4. Mr. Hamid as the head master and all teachers of SMP Islam Pule

Trengalek who gave me information and allowed me to conduct a research in

the school.

5. My beloved parents, sister, and family who give love, attention, and

always support my finance and moral.

6. All of my friends, who can’t be mentioned one by one especially from TBI

D, who always help and motivate me in finishing this thesis.

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 Finally, I believe that this thesis is far from being perfect, therefore I hope

for the constructive critics as well as advice to improve this thesis.

The Writer

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER .........................................................................................................i

APPROVAL .................................................................................................ii

LEGALIZATION .......................................................................................iii

MOTTO ......................................................................................................iv

DEDICATION..............................................................................................v

PREFACE....................................................................................................vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .........................................................................vii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ..........................................................................viii

LIST OF APPENDIXES ............................................................................xii

ABSTRACT .............................................................................................xiii

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study ..........................................................................

......................................................................................................................1

B. Problem of the Study ................................................................................

......................................................................................................................4

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C. Purpose of the Study ...............................................................................

......................................................................................................................5

D. Significance of the Study .........................................................................

......................................................................................................................6

E. Scope and Limitation of the Study ...........................................................

......................................................................................................................6

F. Hypothesis of the Study ............................................................................

......................................................................................................................8

G. Definition of Key Terms ..........................................................................

......................................................................................................................9

H. Organization of the Study ........................................................................

....................................................................................................................11

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

A. Concept of Learning Media .....................................................................

....................................................................................................................12

B. Audio Visual Aid as Learning Media .......................................................

....................................................................................................................14

C. The Role of AVA in Teaching and Learning .............................................

....................................................................................................................15

D. Selecting of AVA in Teaching ...................................................................

....................................................................................................................17

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E. Applying AVA in Learning .......................................................................

....................................................................................................................19

F. Ms. Office Power Point in Teaching Learning ..........................................

....................................................................................................................21

1. Some Good Reason to Use Power Point................................................

....................................................................................................................21

2. Creating Sucsesfull Presentation............................................................

....................................................................................................................21

G. English Achievement...............................................................................

....................................................................................................................22

H. Component and Scoring Categories of English Achievement..................

....................................................................................................................23

1. Listening Achievement.........................................................................

....................................................................................................................23

2. Reading Achievement...........................................................................

....................................................................................................................24

3. Writing Achievement............................................................................

....................................................................................................................26

4. Speaking Achievement.........................................................................

....................................................................................................................27

I. Procedure and Instrument of English Achievement ................................

....................................................................................................................29

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

A...................................................................................Research Design 30

B......................................................................................Research Area 31

C...............................................The Population, Sample and Sampling 32

1.....................................................................................Population 32

2...........................................................................................Sample 32

3........................................................................................Sampling 33

D........................................................Variable, Data, and Data Sources 33

1..........................................................................................Variable 33

a. Independent Variable (X). ............................................................33

b. Dependent Variable (Y)................................................................34

2. Data and Data Sources.....................................................................34

E..............................................Data Collecting Method and Instrument 35

F...................................................................Technique of Data Analysis 40

1.......................................................................The qualitative data 40

2....................................................................The quantitative data

....................................................................................................40

CHAPTER IV RESULTS OF RESEARCH

A.................The Brief Description Of the Location Of the Research 43

B.......................................................Teaching and Learning English 44

C......................................................Description Of the Reseach Data 45

1. Conducting Pre-Test...........................................................................45

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 2. Process Of Teaching In Experimental and Control Group................46

3. Conducting Post-Test.........................................................................48

D..............................................................................Data Presentation 49

E....................................................................Result of Data Analysis 55

F. Hypothesis Verification.............................................................................. 57

G. Discussion................................................................................................. 60

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion................................................................................................ 65

B. Suggestion................................................................................................. 66

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDICES

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 LIST OF APPENDIXES

Appendix

1. The List of Respondent Experiment and Control Group

2a. Pre and Post Test Of English Achievement

2b. Answer Key of Pre and Post Test

2c. Observation Guide

2d. Documentation Guide

2e. Interview Guide

3a. The Calculating t-test of Listening Test

3b. The Calculating t-test of Reading Test

3c. The Calculating t-test of Writing Test

3d. The Calculating t-test of Speaking Test

3e. The Calculating t-test of English Achievement

4. T-table

5. Certificate of authorship

6. Biography

7. Guidance card

8. Research license

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9. Certificate of SMP Islam Pule Trenggalek

ABSTRACT

Zahro’, Siti. 2010. The Effectiveness of Using Audio Visual Aids (AVA)in
Improving the First Year Students' English Achievement at SMP Islam
Pule Trenggalek in the Academic Year 2009-2010. Thesis. English
Education Program, Department of Islamic Education, State Islamic
College of Tulungagung.
Advisors: Hj. Siti Noer Farida laila, MA.

Key words: Audio Visual Aids, English Achievement.

AVA are supporting media to increase the students’ English Achievement .

AVA is much required because it can interest the concentration of students so that
it can motivate students to learn. In this research, the reseacher uses Hypermedia
as one of AVA that refers to Microsoft PowerPoint Program as teaching media.
The problem of this research is “Is there any significant effect of using
AVA on the first year students' listening, reading, writing and speaking
achievement at SMP Islam Pule Trenggalek in the academic Year 2009-2010?".
The purpose of this research is to know whether there is significant effect
of using AVA on listening, reading, writing and speaking achievement of the first
grade students. Based on the theory, the researcher has hypothesis that there is
significant effect of using AVA on listening, reading, writing and speaking
achievement of the first grade students of SMP Islam Pule Trenggalek in the
academic Year 2009-2010.
The design of the research is experimental design in the form of
randomized pretest-posttest control group design. The sample that the researcher
used is 30 students as the experimental group and 40 students as the control
group. To get the sample the researcher used random sample. To obtain the
research data, the researcher use test, observation, documentation and interview.
Where as, to find out mean difference between the experimental and the control
groups achievement, the researcher uses t-test formula.
The result of data analysis showed that statistical value of t-test was higher
than the critical value of t-table. The general achievement is (7.7>2). And the
specific achievement are (2.3>2) for listening test, (4.7>2) for reading test,
(6.04>2) for writing test, (6.08>2) for speaking test. Those mean that AVA is
effective for the English teaching learning process. There is a significant influence

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of AVA on listening, reading, writing and speaking achievement of the first grade
students of SMP Islam Pule Trenggalek in the academic Year 2009-2010.

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