The Influence Of Listening Habits Of English Songs Toward Vocabulary Mastery

Abstract

The objectives of the study are as follows: (1) to find out the intensity of the students" habit in listening English songs, (2) to find out the students" mastery of English vocabulary, (3) to find out the influences of listening habit of English songs towards vocabulary mastery. This is a descriptive qualitative study. The subjects of study were the third year students of MAN I Temanggung. The result of the research are as follow: (1) the majority of the students" listening habits of English songs is good enough that falls on the scores of 68-83, (2) the majority of the students" vocabulary mastery is fair that falls on the scores of 65-79, (3) there is a positive influence of listening habits of English songs toward vocabulary mastery. Key Words: Listening habit, English songs, Vocabulary mastery. AbstractThe tujuan penelitian ini sebagai berikut: (1) mengetahui intensitas kebiasaan mahasiswa dalam mendengarkan lagu Inggris, (2) mengetahui penguasaan perbendaharaan kata mahasiswa Inggris, (3) mengetahui pengaruh kebiasaan mendengarkan bahasa Inggris lagu dan penguasaan perbendaharaan kata. Ini adalah studi deskriptif-kualitatif. Subyek penelitian ialah siswa kelas III di MAN I Temanggung. Hasil penelitian sebagai berikut (1) sebagian besar swa memiliki tingkat kemampuan mendengarkan lagu berbahasa Inggris dinilai baik dengan skor penilaian 68-83, (2) sebagian besar penguasaan perbendaharaan kata siswa lumayan/agak baik dengan skor penilaian 65-79, (3) terdapat pengaruh positif antara mendengarkan lagu Inggris dengan perbendaharaan kata penguasaan.

Regular Music Exposure and Vocabulary Recognition of ELT Sophomore Students

“…Second, there are significant implications for improving language performance and music-based learning if students make it a habit to listen to English songs [28]. Thirdly, it is line with another finding that discovered that students' English skills and knowledge will be impacted, particularly in terms of vocabulary enrichment, if they use English songs as a learning tool [29].…”

The Correlation Between Listening Habit to English Song and Vocabulary Mastery

“…who found there was a positive correlation between habit in listening to English song and vocabulary mastery which means habit in listening to English song can increase Zulianti (2009), who found out if the students make listening to English song as their habit, then it will influence their English skill and knowledge, especially in enriching vocabulary. And third by Jiati (2013), who found out the implication of English song in the process of teaching and learning English will help students to relax and make them easier to receive the material given by the teacher ended with expanding their English knowledge especially their vocabulary mastery.…”