LISTENING TO ENGLISH SONGS AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN PRONUNCIATION

Abstract

The title of the research paper was “Listening to English Songs as a Means of Improving Students’ Ability in Pronunciation”. This study was conducted on the September 1st 2021 until September 8th 2021. The objectives of the study were to find out whether or not the English songs were effective for teaching pronunciation and to find out the students responses toward the used of English songs. The method that was used in this research was pre-experimental design. There was only one group to be researched. The sample was the second grade students of MA Quwatul Iman that consist of 20 students. The instruments were test and questionnaire. The research findings were the value of t- that was higher than the t- table (10.45 > 2.086) so that the Null Hypotheses (Ho) is rejected and the Alternative Hypotheses (Ha) is accepted, stating that there was significant difference in the result of students score before and after the treatment using English songs. This means that the use of English songs in teaching pronunciation to the second grade students of MA Quwatul Iman is effective. Then the writer found out that students liked being taught pronunciation by using English songs. It was shown by the result of the questionnaires that was 75% of the students answered being taught studying by using English songs was interesting. And 90% of the students answered that they like this method. It can be concluded that the students’ response toward the use of English song in teaching pronunciation was good and positiv

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