JURNAL SMART
Vol 1, No 1 (2015)

BUILDING VOCABULARY USING POP SONGS

Rahmatika Kayyis, author (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Jan 2015

Abstract

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

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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 ...