The objectives of this research were to find out whether there was a significant difference in students’ pronunciation ability after the implementation of English songs in the teaching-learning process and the students’ perception towards the use of English songs as the teaching media. The approach of the research was quantitative. The subjects were 36 students of class X MIA 5 at MAN 1 Bandar Lampung in 2019/2020 academic year. Pronunciation tests, recording, and questionnaire were used to collect the data. The students’ pronunciation scores were taken from the pretest and the posttest which had been recorded by the audio recorder and compared by using Paired Sample T-Test with the significant level 0.01. The results showed that there is a significant difference in students’ pronunciation ability after the implementation of English songs from the pretest (25.07) to the posttest (50.32). Moreover, the questionnaire was analyzed by using a Frequency Distribution Table. The results showed that out of 36 students, 34 of them had positive perception toward the implementation of English songs in learning pronunciation with a percentage of 94.4%. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the use of English songs is effective in teaching pronunciation. Keywords: English songs, teaching pronunciation, perception.
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