The aim of this research was to find out the effectiveness of teaching
listening through Cartoon Movie.This research was conducted at MTs. Ushriyyah
in academic year 2012/2013. The experimental research was carried out on
January 2013. The total sample of this research was 47 students. The students
were divided into two classes, the second grades of VIIIT was as the
experimental class that is taught by Cartoon Movie and the second grades of
VIIIB was as control class that was taught by classical technique. To get the
sample, this research used random sampling technique. In the collecting data, this
research used completion test (pre-test and post-test). Pre-test was given before
treatment was done and post-test was given after treatment was done.
Based on the result, it was found that Cartoon Movie was effective for
teaching listening. It can be seen by the result of t-test, it was 5.811, and the result
of t-table at significant level 0.05 with degree of freedom 45 was 2.141. Then, the
calculation of t-test with t-table was concluded that t-test was higher than t-table
(5.811 > 2.141).