HARMONIZING LANGUAGE LEARNING: UNLEASHING ENGLISH SONGS FOR VOCABULARY MASTERY

Abstract

The research is aimed to obtain the empirical data about the effectiveness of English songs to enhance students’ vocabulary mastery at eight grades of SMP Kartika XX-3 Makassar in the Academic Year 2021/2022. The writer used quasi-Experimental research design which classified into a quantitative research method. The sample was chosen by using purposive sampling technique were divides into experimental class and controlled class. The sample of the research are VIIIA as Experimental class, the researcher used English songs media as teaching. While in the controlled class, the researcher did not give the treatment. The instrument of the research was doing the test were divided into a pre-test and post-test. The data obtained from the test were analyzed by using SPSS version 24. In this research, the students’ mean score of post-tests in experimental class 972.13) was higher than pre-test (68.16). with gained score was 3.96. From the data analysis, the test hypothesis was determined by t-test (t0) < t-table in significance 0.01 or 1%. Thus, the value of the t0 was 1.74, while the value of tt with df 58 in the significance 1% was 2.661. therefore, t0 score was lower than ttable score obtain from the result calculating, so the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. It means that there was difference between the mean score before treatment and after treatment using English songs media.