The Comparison of Podcast media and Real Object Media in Listening Comprehension Instruction

Podcast and real object are media that may influence students listening comprehension. This research was aimed to find out the comparison podcast media and real object media toward students listening comprehension. This was a kind of quasi experimental research. It was conducted in SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Pekanbaru. The students of grade X were the population of this research. The sample was chosen by using cluster random sampling strategy in which was X MIA 1 as experimental class and X MIA 4 as the control class. The data was analyzed by using t-test for hypothesis testing. The result showed that the students who were taught by using podcast had better listening comprehension achievement than those who were taught by using real object. Since podcast enhances the students interest and motivation in learning listening comprehension, so that they were excited to know and comprehend of spoken text. It can be concluded that podcast media had better result on students listening comprehension achievement than real object media.