THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGLISH SONGS ON STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION OF ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ OF SWADHIPA NATAR HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH LAMPUNG

Rachel, Fadilla Yulia Salim (2025) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGLISH SONGS ON STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION OF ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ OF SWADHIPA NATAR HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH LAMPUNG. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Pronunciation receives less priority in teaching and learning English in class. As a result, students‟ have some difficulties in pronouncing particular sounds, espesially silent consonant sounds. Furhermore,issues develop as a result of the media‟s failure to do its jobs. The issues arises when the educational media is less interesting,causing students‟ become bored. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is an effectiveness of using English song media on students' pronunciation. The English songs media is good since its repeats the way native speaking say, so it can help students‟ to train their ears and tongue. Quasi-experimental design was used in this study. The population of this study was grade eleven. The sample of this study was selected through random sampling technique. The sample of this study was taken from two classes consisting of 38 students for the experimental class and 38 students for the control class. English song media was used in the experimental class and printed book media was used in the control class to teach students. The treatment was held in 3 meetings with 2 x 45 minutes for each class. To collect data, pre-test and post-test were carried out in a written test by presenting a multiple-choice test consisting of 10 items for each test and an oral test consisting of 10 English words containing silent consonants. In collecting data, the author used pre-test and post-test instruments. After giving the post-test, the author analyzed it using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science). From the analysis it was found that the results of sig. (2-tailed) the same variance was 0.000 and = 0.05. Ha is accepted if sig. (Pvalue) <α = 0.05 and Ho is rejected. Based on the calculation, it can be concluded that there is a significant increase in the use of English song media on students' pronunciation skills in class XI students of SMA Swadhipa Natar in the 2024/2025 academic year. So, this English song media can be used to improve students' pronunciation skills. Keywords: Experimental Research, English Songs, Pronunciation

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