INTAN MAWADDHA Pengarang Dewi Syafitri, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 1 Dr. Hamdan, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 2 Syaprizal, M.Pd Penguji 2 Dewi Syafitri, M.Pd. Ketua Penguji Ardayati, M.Pd. Penguji 1 INTAN MAWADDHA Contributor

This research aims to prove whether top-down and bottom-up strategies can facilitate students' listening skills at level eleven of MA Mazro'illah Lubuklinggau. This research used pre-experimental methods. The population of this research was class XI MIPA students with a sample of 18 students. The sample used in this research was purpose sampling. In this study, researcher used written tests which were given twice, namely pre-test and post-test. In this study, researcher analyzed data using individual scores, normality tests and paired t-tests. The results of this study were that there were 4 students who passed and 14 students who failed the pre-test, while in the post-test the number of students who passed increased, namely 16 students and 2 students who failed the post-test. The students' average score on the pre-test was 52.86 and the average score on the post-test was 85.41. The results of the paired t-test is 7.28 and ttable is 1.740 it means that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. From the results of the calculation is significantly effective to use Top-down and Bottom-up strategy to facilitate students’ listening skill at the eleventh graders of MA Mazro’illah Lubuklinggau. Keywords: Listening skill, Strategy, Top-down and Bottom-up.