Title:
TEACHER’S BELIEF: SCAFFOLDINGIN NON-RECIPROCAL LISTENING TO EFL STUDENTS

Authors:
Rina Herlina ,Indonesia

Abstract:
This research investigates teacher’s belief about scaffolding given in non-reciprocal listening to EFL students in Indonesia. Its aims are to find out teacher’s belief about scaffolding in nonreciprocal listening and teacher’s way of overcoming difficulties to teach non-reciprocal listening. This research was conducted because scaffolding has been applied in teaching non reciprocal listening in Indonesian schools until now. Thus, case study is the design of the research and purposive sampling was chosen. Two English teachers participated in this research considering that they are always in charge of listening class every single semester. Interview and observation were designed to fulfill data collection technique. The validity of the data was obtained through triangulation. The first finding of the research shows how they trust and implement scaffolding in teaching non-reciprocal listening particularly in whilst activity which is the crucial step to cut down the students’ gap in misunderstanding in listening to native speakers of English. She did it by utilizing sound and spelling taxonomy in between. The second finding shows that the teacher overcomes all difficulties to teach non reciprocal listening by taking some advanced actions and constructing classroom action research. The conclusion is English teacher who is in charge of listening always uses scaffolding to teach non-reciprocal listening, particularly to students of earlier semesters. Thus, scaffolding in teaching non-reciprocal listening is highly recommended for English teachers and teacher to get students’ better achievement.