THE EFFECT OF USING POP SONGS ON THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT AT SMPN I JENGGAWAH IN THE 2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

The design of this research was quasi experimental design as the aim of this research was to know whether or not there was a significant effect of using pop songs on the eighth grade students’ vocabulary achievement at SMPN 1 Jenggawah. The area of this research was SMPN 1 Jenggawah. It was chosen purposively because the use of Pop Songs had never been applied in teaching learning process in this school. The population of this research was the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Jenggawah in the 2012/ 2013 academic year. The research respondents were determined by cluster random sampling through a lottery. The total number of the respondents was 74 students that consisted of 38 students of VIII-H and 36 students of VIII-F. Both of the groups were taught by using lecturing and question-answer technique. However the media used were different. The experimental group was taught by using song. while the control group was taught by using story. The data of this research were collected from the students’ scores of vocabulary achievement test, interview and documentation. The vocabulary achievement test was collected from the post test to know the mean score of the two groups, and the result was analyzed by using independent sample t-test formula through SPSS. Based on the calculation, the mean score of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group. It was proven by the value of significant column of t-test was 0.000 that was lower than 0.05. It means that there was a statistical difference between the experimental and the control groups. It indicated that there was a significant effect of using pop songs on the eighth grade students’ vocabulary achievement at SMPN 1 Jenggawah in the 2012/2013 academic year. Therefore, it is recommended for the teacher to use pop songs in teaching vocabulary.