JURNAL SMART
Vol 2, No 1 (2016)

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ FREQUENCY OF LISTENING TO ENGLISH SONGS AND THEIR LISTENING ACHIEVEMENT

Rosyida M. R., Elvira ( English Department of STKIP Muhammadiyah Pringsewu)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Apr 2016

Abstract

This study is aimed at investigating whether there is a significant correlation between students’ frequency of listening to English songs and their listening achievement This study was conducted at the first year students of State Senior High School 9 Bandarlampung, Lampung. A descriptive quantitative was employed in this study which used ex-post facto design and the data were taken from questionnaire, semi-structured interview, and listening test. The data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 16.0. The hypothesis was tested by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The test result showed that there is a significant correlation between students’ frequency of listening to English songs and their listening achievement. From the result of interview, it showed that most of the students believe that by having high frequency of listening to English songs, it helps them in recognizing the spoken language and get high score in listening ability.Keywords: listening to English song, listening ability, frequency of listening

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Journal Info

Abbrev

smart

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

SMART: Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics ISSN: 2356-2048, e-ISSN: 2356-203X a peer-reviewed, scientific journal published by Language Centre STKIP Muhammadiyah Pringsewu Lampung in collaboration with Asosiasi Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris (APSBI). The journal ...