| dc.description.abstract | Tenses as a part of grammar are very important in learning English since it
becomes the basic knowledge in mastering the language skills. However, most
students in Indonesia especially the junior high school students face difficulties in
learning tenses and sometimes it is considered as a hard task that can be
depressing. To solve this problem, the English teacher should find interesting and
appropriate teaching aids and materials that can improve the students’ motivation
in learning tenses and help them understand the subjects more easily. One of the
teaching aids and materials that can be used is songs. This research was intended
to know whether or not there is a significant effect of using songs on the eighth
year students’ tense achievement at MTs Ma’arif Ambulu in the 2011/2012
academic year. The research design was experimental research. The research area
was MTs Ma’arif Ambulu which was purposively chosen. The population of this
research was the eighth year students of MTs Ma’arif Ambulu in the 2011/2012
academic year that consists of seven classes and to determine the respondents of
the research, the homogeneity test was administered then the results were
analyzed by using ANOVA. Based on the result of ANOVA, the population of the
research was not homogenous, so that two classes that had the closest mean were
chosen as the respondents of the research. The primary data of this research were
collected from the students’ post test, while the supporting data were gained
trough interview and documentation. The primary data were collected then
analyzed by using t-test formula. Based on the calculation, the mean score of the
experimental group was higher than the mean score of the control group (74,00 ˃
67,64). The result of the t-test analysis was lower than 0,05 (0,007 ˂ 0,05) . The
research results proved that there was a significant effect of using songs on the | en_US |
