The Development of Social Media Assisted Listening ‘Think Pair Share’ Learning Model for Under Graduate Students at University

This research was initiated on the preliminary studies in English Language
Education program in studying Interpretative listening course to see the condition
and need of the teaching listening. The fact showed that (1) the teacher centered
model was still used in the classroom, (2) learning listening comprehension was
not optimal yet and teaching model applied was incapable to develop; (3) There
are many problems found by lecturers and teachers in how to become an effective
listener. The aim of this study is to develop a valid, effective and practical Social
Media Assisted Learning Listening Think Pair Share Teaching (SMALTPSL)
model, using You Tube and Whatsapp. Developing of this model is important
because Social media; specially video You Tube can improve students' Listening
Comprehension significantly. The study used Research and Development (R & D)
approach. The development procedure used was an ADDIE model which consists
of analysis, design, develop, implement and evaluation. The researcher involved
several experts to validate the design, content and presentation of this model. The
subject of limited trial involved 10 students and field sample was 38 students of
English Language Education of the Islamic University of Riau who were taking
Interpretative and basic listening courses. The data were collected through
questionnaire and analyzed quantitatively by using Excel. Result of this study
found that SMALTPSL model considered effective, valid and practice and that it
can be used to improve four Listening skills: (1) determine vocabulary meaning
from context; (2) identifying main idea with supporting details; (3) Listening for a
specific purpose and 4) recognizing specific grammatical structures within a
setting for students