THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING ENGLISH POP SONGS TOWARD STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMAN 5 KOTA SERANG

Pembimbing: Delsa Miranty, M.Pd dan Eri Rahmawati M.A 

The objective of this research was to find out the effectiveness of using English pop songs toward students listening comprehension at the tenth grade of SMAN 5 Kota Serang. The population of this research was all the students of the tenth grade of SMAN 5 Kota Serang, and the sample were X Science 4 as experimental class and X Science 3 as control class. The researcher used quantitative method. The instrument of research was the test. The result of pre-test on experimental class: the higher score = 70, the lowest score = 30 and mean score = 45.17, where as the result of pre-test on control class, the highest score = 65, the lowest score = 30 and mean score = 46. And then the result of post-test on experimental class were the highest score = 95, the lowest score = 65 and mean score = 78. Whereas the result of post-test on control class were the highest = 90, the lowest score = 60 and mean score = 71.67. The result of data showed that tcount ≥ ttable (18.38 ≥ 2.00). It means that the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. It can be concluded that using English pop songs was effective toward students listening comprehension.

Keywords: Listening, English Pop Songs, and Quantitative Method

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