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The Effectiveness Of English Songs On Pronunciation Performance Of The First Grade Students At SMPN 12 Malang
English has become one of the most important languages for many years. It is not only an international language but also it plays an essential part in many dimensions, such as education, business and commercial advertisement all over the world. One of the most important difficulties for foreign language student is that he or she is dealing with unfamiliar and meaningless sounds, that it can cause students’ anxieties and decrease the students’ achievement. Based on these problems, songs can be essential tools to increase the students’ achievement and decrease their anxiety using songs could change a mood or create an atmosphere. If teachers teach English without fun, it can be more boring and unbearable and teachers can motivate students through songs. Songs help students to be active during learning practice.
In this research, the researcher uses experimental research design and it focuses in quasi experimental research because it uses two variables. There were two groups which had been determined by the researcher. One groups served as the experimental group and the other was a control group. The objective of the study was to know the effect whether the students who are given English songs have better pronunciation performance than those who are not given at SMPN 12 Malang.The instrument used in this research was test. In this research the researcher uses test to measure the student’s performance in pronunciation. There are two tests used in this research. They are Pre-Test and Post-Test. The researcher determined two group as experimental and control group. The experimental group is group who is given experimental treatment by the researcher. The control group is group who does not receive treatment from the researcher. Both groups are given the same test. The data is analyzed by using ttest formula.
The result score of Pre-Test show that both groups were homogenous. For Post-Test showed that score of mean experimental group was 80.06 and control group was 73.09. It means that, there was significant difference of the result both group was where the experimental group had higher score than control group. The result of independent sample T-test was T score of T > T table (6.614 > 1.9955) and P value (.000 < 0.05), while critical value of significant 0.05 and the degree of freedom 64 was 1.9977. It means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. So, the students who are taught by English songs had better on pronunciation performance than those who are not taught. Finally, the result of this research showed that English songs were effective in developing the students’ pronunciation performance. It was proved by the result of the test. So, the researcher suggests the English teacher can use English songs to stimulate the student’s activeness in the classroom
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