Meningkatkan Kemampuan Menyimak Melalui Metode Bercerita pada Anak Kelompok A di TK Siti Khodijah Pucuk Lamongan
<p><em>Listening has a fundamental function of life including the preschoolers. Human use more time of listening activities for about 50%, while the rest 50% are used for speaking, reading, and writing. Listening activities should begin early for children in all situations. But,it is not in line with the </em><em>listening </em><em>ability of group A children in Kindergarten SitiKhodijahPucukLamongan. </em><em>They </em><em>have some difficulties when </em><em>being </em><em>asked by </em><em>the </em><em>teacher to listen to information given. Listening is a tedious activity for children, especially preschoolers. It is necessary to have similar material and interesting way to practice listening skills in preschoolers.</em></p><p><em>According</em><em> to the problem, </em><em>the research questions are formulated as follows</em><em> (1) How the application of storytelling method to improve the listening ability of children group A in Kindergarten SitiKhodijahPucukLamongan?, (2</em><em>)</em><em> How to improve the listening ability through the storytelling method of group </em><em>A</em><em>children in Kindergarten SitiKhodijahPucukLamongan? The purpose of this study are (1) To find out how the application of storytelling method to improve the listening </em><em>ability </em><em>in children group A in Kindergarten SitiKhodijahPucukLamongan, (2) To know the improvement of listening ability through storytelling method of group A in Kindergarten SitiKhodijahPucukLamongan.</em></p><p><em>This study uses a Classroom Action Research in which there are actions of teachers in two cycles. On the </em><em>first </em><em>cycle</em><em>the </em><em>percentage of children who </em><em>are able based on criteria of</em><em> Exponential Developing Criteria (BSH) reaches 33.33% while in the </em><em>second </em><em>cycle</em><em>the </em><em>percentage of children </em><em>who are able</em><em> increase</em><em>s</em><em> to 83.33%</em><em>. Based on</em><em> the result of this study, it can be concluded that the method of storytelling can improve the </em><em>listening </em><em>ability o</em><em>f</em><em> children group A in Kindergarten SitiKhodijahPucukLamongan.</em><em></em></p>