BUILDING VOCABULARY USING POP SONGS

Main Author: Rahmatika Kayyis, author
Format: Article info application/pdf eJournal
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: JURNAL SMART , 2015
Online Access: http://ejournal.stkipmpringsewu-lpg.ac.id/index.php/smart/article/view/89
http://ejournal.stkipmpringsewu-lpg.ac.id/index.php/smart/article/view/89/40
Daftar Isi:
  • The objective of the study is to find out whether there is a significant difference between the vocabulary mastery of first semester students taughtusing English pop songs and that taught without using English pop songs as a medium. This study involved 64 students of first semesterof STKIP Muhammadiyah Pringsewu Lampung in the academic year of 2012/2013 as the objects of the study. The result of the study shows there is a significant difference in the student’s vocabulary mastery between the experimental group who are taughtusing English pop songs and that taught without using English pop songs as a medium.The mean of post test score of the experimental group is 16.93 while the mean score of the control group is 14.54. The result of t-test shows that t-observed value which is higher than the t-value of the table (2.572>1.99), with a probability value of 0.008 which is lower than the significance level (0.008 < 0.05). In conclusion, the use of English pop songscould improve the students’ vocabulary mastery.Keywords: Vocabulary, English Pop Songs