THE EFFECT OF TEAM GAMES TOURNAMENT (TGT) METHOD ON ELLs' LISTENING SKILLS IN ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMKN 4 PALANGKA RAYA

For English Language Learners (ELLs), listening comprehension is essential. In the classroom, students usually use listening skills to communicate. This study aims to find out the effect of Team Games Tournament on students listening skills with the narrative texts. TGT is an activity that include teaching, team study, tournament, and recognition. Focusing on students’ listening skills, this study purposed to inform the effectiveness of the methods on students’ listening ability.

This study conducted on SMKN 4 Palangka Raya, the sample of this study 30 eleventh-grade students from XI-DKV 3. The one-group pre-test and post-test design was applied on this experimental research. In the pre-test, students were given 20 multiple choice narrative text listening questions as in the post-test to see if there was an effect of Team Games Tournament method on students’ listening skills. At the treatment stages, the researcher divided students into 5 groups consists of 6 students in each group. Those activities conducted to seek which group came out as the champion of the games by giving the listening multiple-choice question.

The researcher gained the data by using the SPSS Version 24. The data of the pre-test and post-test score was distributed normally using the Shapiro-Wilk test, means that the researcher used the Paired sample T-test for the hypothesis testing. The result of the calculation of the test showed that the value of Sig. (2 tailed) Sig. < 0.05 so that Ha accepted and Ho rejected. The result of the hypothesis testing showed there was an effect of Team Games Tournament (TGT) on ELL’s listening skills at SMKN 4 Palangka Raya. The statistical data analysis supports the result of this research that there was a positive effect on ELL’s listening skills by using Team Games Tournament method.