The Effect of TED-Ed Animated Videos on Senior High School Students’ Listening Skills

Fatimah Maharani; Wiwiet Eva Savitri

doi:10.55606/jupensi.v6i2.7343

Authors

Fatimah Maharani Universitas Negeri Surabaya
Wiwiet Eva Savitri Universitas Negeri Surabaya https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5389-4085

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55606/jupensi.v6i2.7343

Keywords:

Animated Videos, English learning, Interactive Features, Listening Skills, TED-Ed

Abstract

Listening skills play a primary role in the ability to communicate in a foreign language. While previous studies have demonstrated the benefits of TED-Ed animation-based media, few have examined the impact of its interactive features: Think, Dig Deeper, and Discuss on listening skills, especially in Indonesian senior high schools. This study analyzed the use of TED-Ed videos and these features to improve listening skills. A quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test was applied to 72 eleventh-grade students, divided into experimental and control groups. Data were collected through a listening comprehension test and analyzed using an independent sample t-tests. The findings revealed a statistically significant difference in listening comprehension between the groups, with the experimental group outperforming the control group (M: 92.14 vs. M: 85.42. Furthermore, the effect size analysis revealed a large effect (Cohen’s d = 1.66), indicating a significant impact of TED-Ed’s interactive features on students’ listening skills. These findings suggest that integrating the Think, Dig Deeper, and Discuss activities into TED-Ed videos can effectively improve listening comprehension by encouraging active engagement and deeper processing of audiovisual content in English as a foreign language classrooms.

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