Teaching Listening Through Paired Verbal Fluency Strategy at Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 1 Langsa

This research is aimed to identify the effectiveness of Paired Verbal Fluency Strategy to improve students ability in listening skill and knowing the implementation of Paired Verbal Fluency Strategy in teaching learning process. In analysing data is use descriptive quantitative analysis. The object of this study were students of SMAN 1 Langsa which is located on Jend.Ahmad Yani street, Langsa Baro. The research was conducted at january 2015. It was conducted in two classes. Each class consisted 38 students. To collect quantitative data, the researcher conducted tests before and after the research implementation. To analyze the quantitative data, the researcher used the mean scores of the test. The research findings are described in line with the problem statments as follows : Paired Verbal Fluency Strategy to improve students ability in listening skill. This is proved by by the significant increase of the mean score of the post-test control class and post-test experiment class. Moreover, during the teaching learning process using paired verbal fluency strategy they were actively involved in the teaching learning process. Based on the explanation above, it is concluded that the use Paired Verbal Fluency Strategy, improve the students ability in listening. Therefore, it is recommended that teachers use Paired Verbal Fluency Strategy as the techniques in teaching listening.