AN EVALUATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS’ NEED ON LISTENING SUBJECT

Abstract

Listening is being one of essential subject at a college level, because it plays a significant role in communication and also is considered as one of the fundamental skills in learning English. At a college level, listening subject is taught to provide students to be able in catch idea from what they hear. The material of listening subject at college level should be suitable to students’ need. At STKIP Abdi Pendidikan Payakumbuh, listening subject is taught in three semesters that divided into Listening I which focuses on identifying sound, Listening II focuses on comprehending conversation and text, and Listening III focuses on understanding listening section of proficiency test. Each subject has different purposes itself. This research ascertained students’ need regarding to listening subject. It was conducted on context of listening in order to design a material that match to students’ listening skill needs to ensure the process of leaning run efficiently. The participants of this research were the English Department students’ of STKIP Abdi Pendidikan Payakumbuh. The data will be taken by distributing questionnaire to the participant. The questionnaire was developed through some indicators from Hutchinson and Waters (1987), they are input, content focus (topics), language focus, and task. It will be in form of close-ended questionnaire. The questionnaire was analyzed by using some steps suggested by Gay, Mills, and Airasian (2011), they are data managing, reading/memoing, describing, classifying, and writing report.