BUILDING VOCABULARY USING POP SONGS

<p>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...

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Main Author: author Rahmatika Kayyis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Muhammadiyah Pringsewu 2015-01-01
Series:Jurnal Smart
Online Access:http://ejournal.stkipmpringsewu-lpg.ac.id/index.php/smart/article/view/89
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Summary:<p>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&gt;1.99), with a probability value of 0.008 which is lower than the significance level (0.008 &lt; 0.05). In conclusion, the use of English pop songscould improve the students’ vocabulary mastery.</p><p>Keywords: Vocabulary, English Pop Songs</p>
ISSN:2356-2048
2356-203X