The Practice of Video Making Project in Teaching Listening for Academic Purposes

Abstract

Listening as the first ability gifted to human beings is essential, especially in the language learning and teaching process. To evaluate students' listening ability, there is one test that is often used for measuring this ability which is TOEFL. However, the students experienced some difficulties in answering the test, particularly in part A listening section. Based on that problem, this study aims to investigate: (1) The implementation of Video Making Project in solving students' difficulties toward TOEFL part A listening section and; (2) Their achievement of TOEFL for the listening course. This study was designed as qualitative research which used Narrative Inquiry Study. This study also used the interview to collect the data. The data were taken from one English Education Department lecturer. The results showed that the lecturer is satisfied with the students' understanding, and the creativity of the students is also involved in making the video for their assignment. In conclusion, using the video-making project in teaching listening can help the learning process run smoothly and get better results for students' scores.