The Effect of Pop Songs on the Eighth Grade Students’ Pronunciation Achievement at SMPN 4 Jember in the 2015/2016 Academic Year

Abstract

This research was intended to know the effect of using pop songs on students' pronunciation achievement. The research used Experimental Research as a research design. The respondents of the research were the eighth grade students of SMPN 4 Jember in the 2015/2016 academic year. The main data collection methods of this research were pronunciation test, interview and documentation. This research was conducted in three meetings for each groups. The result of pronunciation test was analyzed statistically by using SPSS with independent sample t-test. The result was that there was a significant effect of using pop songs on students' pronunciation achievement. It was proved that in t-test column, the value of significant (2 tailed) was less than 0.05 that was 0.000. The average score for the experimental group was 81.5556 and the control group was 71.6286. It proved that the use of pop songs affected the eighth grade students' pronunciation achievement at SMPN 4Jember in the 2015/2016 academic year.