Agustini (2011) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING ENGLISH SONGS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN LISTENING AT SMAN I BUKIT BATU. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau.

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Abstract

The writer has found out some problems needed to be discussed and investigated related to the improving of students’ interest in Listening and how to teach Listening it self; what aspects or factors that can improve students’ interest in Listening and try to use English songs to improve students’ interest in Listening, beside using of cassette conversation that have taught as usual in SMAN I Bukit Batu as a Teaching media. Based on the above phenomena, the writer formulated the research problems as follows; Is the use of English songs able to improve students’ interest in Listening? And what aspects or factors in the English songs that can improve students’ interest in Listening? The subject of this research was a second year students of SMAN I Bukit Batu. The object of this research was students’ interest in learning English especially in Listening. The population of this research second year of class B science program Bukit Batu. The total number of population was 30. The sample of this research was all of the students in class B science program because it was a small population, and the writer did the research by using two different treatments, but still the same subjects. To obtain the data of this research, the writer used observation toward how the learning process in Listening that usually taught in the class, and to find out the number of students’ interest toward Listening by using questionnaire. Based on the result of the research, students’ interest of second year class B science program by using English songs is highly increased. Before using songs, students’ interest in Listening was only 22.00, and after treatment by using English songs became 43.77.

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