Efl Students’ Perception Towards the Use of English Songs as Listening Learning Media

Abstract

This article investigates students' perceptions and challenges of using English songs as their listening learning media. This study used a mixed method, namely the explanatory sequential mixed method, with two instruments: questionnaire and interview. The data in this study were obtained from 49 SMK Negeri 2 Batu students. This study reveals that students perceive the use of songs as media for listening learning. There are 87.8% of students use songs for listening practices, and 91.8% agree that they are more comfortable using songs to learn listening than other media. Besides, there were obstacles in the form of students' difficulties in quickly recognizing the words spoken in a song with a fast tempo. The overall findings of this study are that English songs are suitable for use as listening learning media in and outside the classroom by considering the selection of songs according to the level of English and student preferences.

The Teacher’s Role in The Implementation of Curriculum Merdeka in English Classroom

“…The same thing was also stated by (Zulaiha et al, 2022) that the independent learning curriculum is a policy designed to improve the quality of education as a provision to face the future, the core of this curriculum is freedom of thinking for educators and students. The characteristics of this curriculum are recovery curricula, namely: (1) project-based learning to develop students' soft skills and character, (2) focus on subject matter, and (3), emphasize the development of students' critical thinking (Putri et al, 2022).…”