IMPROVING LISTENING COMPREHENSION BY USING (VOA) ENGLISH BROADCAST STUDENTS OF SMK NEGERI 3 KAYU AGUNG

This research was intended to investigate the use of VOA English broadcast for students’ listening comprehension. The subject of this research was ten grade Akuntansi of SMK Negeri 3 Kayuagung. The method of this article is a pre-experimental research with students of Akuntansi as the sample. The effect size (ES) calculation is 1.27 as the result; so it meant that improving listening comprehension by using VOA was effective. Based on the calculating the significances’ score of pre-test and post-test, the writer measured the effect size (ES) of the treatment. The average of pre-test was 5.00 and def. was 0.71. while the average of post-test was 8.13 and def. was 0.71. and standard deviation in both pre-test and post-test was 1.13 and it is categorized high. This findings can also be used as a references for teacher to improve students’ listening comprehension in teaching and learning process