“Listening is Hard”: ADDIE Model on the Development of English Listening Worksheets

Abstract

The authors’ pre-observation showed that when students learn listening skills, the students faced some difficulties. The students found difficulty expressing their ideas because they found many complex vocabularies, the audio text uses advanced grammar, and the native speaker speaks too fast. Therefore, to solve those students’ problems, the authors proposed to develop the appropriate listening worksheet for the English education study program of IAIN Palopo. Then, the authors applied Research and Development method and used the ADDIE model. 18 students of the English education study program IAIN Palopo were involved as the research subject. The research instruments used were observation and questionnaire. From observing, analysing students’ needs, developing the materials, evaluating expert judgments, conducting try-out materials, revising the product, the final product of this study is listening worksheets stored in a compact disc. The worksheets consist of a course grid, learning objective, language note, pre-activity, whilst-activity and post-activity. The authors expect that this worksheet will be useful for EFL teachers whose students' listening skills are still below the expected level of competence.

Using ADDIE model to develop learning materials of the test of English proficiency in Edmodo

“…This current study also demonstrated the evidence through the high percentage in that section, which is 44%. Related to the lacks part, students encountered several difficulties in concentration and vocabulary issues (Furwana & Syam, 2021). Similarly, the lack of exposure to English leads the problem in practicing reading comprehension (Alodwan & Almosa, 2018).…”

“…This ques-tionnaire consists of participant profiles and 3 (three) main areas, namely language aspect assessment, content materials assessment, and feedback on the use of Edmodo as LMS. The list of questions in language aspect and content materials assessments was adapted from Furwana & Syam (2021), while two questions on Edmodo feedback were adapted from Ali (2015). The data obtained from the questionnaire are displayed in Table 2.…”

“…Furthermore, Setiawan (2020) stated that the ADDIE model provides a straightforward framework for structuring learning that the process can be applied in various situations. In addition, Furwana & Syam (2021) also stated that the ADDIE model offers a chance in every phase to evaluate and revise so that the result of the product can be valid and reliable. Therefore, the researchers applied five phases of ADDIE in developing the learning materials of the Test of English Proficiency in Edmodo: Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate (see Figure 1).…”

“…After going through the three stages above, the implementation stage is conducted. It means the product will be applied to the students (Furwana & Syam, 2021). At this implementation stage, the Edmodo class code in each unit is distributed to 25 (twenty-five) participants who are a combination of 2015-2020 undergraduate students of the English Department.…”

“…As the study was done by Tomlinson (2011), the materials should be explicit and matched with the learning objectives and engaging and accessible. The materials develop according to the principle of listening materials development: relevance and acceptability (Furwana & Syam, 2021). Relevance denotes the materials related to the real-life of students.…”