This study is to investigate whether there were differences in students’ listening skills before and after the application of digital storytelling through scientific approach at SMPN 18 Semarang in the Academic Year 2022/2023. This study used pre-experimental method with one group pre-test and post-test design. The population of this research was the ninth-graders. The sample was IX-D by using the purposive sampling technique. The researcher selected this technique because students in class IX D are passive in English, especially in listening. The instruments of data collection for this research were pre-test and post-test. The data are analyzing through SPSS program. The research findings indicated that the third grade students of SMPN 18 Semarang were low in listening skill. The result shows that using digital storytelling media siginificantly affects the ninth graders’ listening skill. It was proven by the result of the mean scores of the pre-test and post-test, which are 58.13 and 78.44. Based on the hypothesis test result using the paired sample t-test, it was found that sig (2-tailed) (.000) was greater than Sig (0.05), it was indicates that the Null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. It could be concluded that the use of Digital storytelling had a significant effect on the ninth graders’ listening skills.