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Considering Unconscious Listening to Improve the Speaking Skill of the Students of Business Administration Study Program of Politeknik Negeri

Semarang Indonesia
Nur Rini Politeknik Negeri Semarang Abstract: Listening and speaking have close relationship; improving listening skill will improve speaking skill. The speaking skill of students of D3 Business Administration Study Program of Politeknik Negeri Semarang Indonesia needs improvement; they spend little time to study listening. There are possibilities to improve the students listening skill consciously and unconsciously. Structured listening programs can be likely carried out by the students since they have their cellular phones completed with MP3 players in their convenient time to have listening activities unconsciously. It is promoted to use Effortless English System, which is developed by A.J. Hoge, Kristin Dodds and Joe Weiss since 2008. The idea is learning a native-like English speaking by relying much on 6 to 12 months listening activity. The lesson set consists of Learn Real English and Power English. They can be downloaded easily and it is suggested to transfer the lessons to MP3 player, I Pod or Cell phone to listen at anytime. Keywords: unconscious learning, listening skill, speaking skill

RagamJurnalPengembanganHumanioraVol.12No.2,Agustus2012

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