THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN UNDERSTANDING LISTENING QUESTION RESPONSE IN TOEIC TEST

The purpose of this research was to determine the extent of students' skills in
listening comprehension in response to a question on the seventh semester student of the
Faculty of Teaching and Education English Lancang Kuning University Pekanbaru. The
importance of these tests is to megidentifikasi readiness of students in mastering the English
language to be used in the working world of international working environment. This
research was conducted by survey method as a design. Participants in this study were fiftytwo students, an instrument that researchers use in this research is to give thirty-question
multiple-choice questions about the response. The results of this study showed that fifty-two
students can be seen that the total overall value is 3040, the value of recurring middle value
53.3 and 60. Values range from low to high at 23.3 from 93.3. After calculation, the average
student's ability to respond to questions is 58.46. In other words, the ability of students to
understand listening to respond to questions categorized as low.
Keywords: Question Response, TOEIC Test