PIBRIANTI, PIBRIANTI (2024) The Use of Song on Spotify App to Improve Students' Listening Ability of SMAN 4 Parepare. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Parepare.

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Abstract

Listening skills are an important component in learning English. By listening, individuals can understand English intonation, pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. Effective listening skills also enable one to understand conversations, presentations, and other audio materials in English. Listening is a fundamental part of daily activities and is one of the most important language skills. This research aims to determine the improvement of listening ability achieved through English songs contained in the Spotify application By using songs in the Spotify application, students can improve their listening ability quickly and with fun. In addition, students can easily understand what native speakers say because Spotify has a lyrics feature. This research used pre-experimental in one class. It was conducted at SMAN 4 Parepare, jln. Lasiming No. 22, ujungbulu, kec. Ujung, kotaParepare. The population in this research were students of SMAN 4 Parepare in the 2023/2024 academic year, namely class 11. The total sample was 36 students from class IX IPA 1. A purposive sampling technique was used to take the sample. The research findings revealed improved students` listening ability, as evidenced by the mean score of the post-test (88) higher than the pre-test (60). Furthermore, with a significance level (p)of 5% and degrees of freedom (df) of 35, the critical t-value from the table was 1.690, while the calculated t-test value was 1.7. this indicates that the t-test value exceeds the t-table value (1.7 ≥ 1.690). Consequently, it can be concluded that students’ listening ability significantly improved after receiving the treatment. As a result, the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected, and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Listening ability, Spotify
Subjects: 13 EDUCATION > 1301 Education Systems > 130108 Technical, Further and Workplace Education
Divisions: Fakultas Tarbiyah > Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Azaliyatulhidayah Azaliyatulhidayah
Date Deposited: 23 Sep 2024 08:25
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2024 08:51
URI: https://repository.iainpare.ac.id/id/eprint/7781

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