CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ FREQUENCY OF LISTENING TO ENGLISH SONGS AND THEIR VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT

Siti Mardeliza Dea, Muhammad Sukirlan, Hartati Hasan

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The objective of this research is to investigate whether there is significant correlation between students’ frequency of listening English songs. The research was conducted at SMPN 3 Bandar Lampung. This is quantitative research using  ex post pasto design. The data were taken from the questionnaire and the test was given to the VIII D class. The sample was chosen randomly through lottery. There are two kinds of tests, i.e.  the questionnaire of students’ listening frequency that consists of thirty questions and vocabulary test that consists of thirty questions of multiple choice. The data were analyzed by using the statistical formula of Pearson Product Moment. The result of the this research, rvalue  (0.738) was higher than rtable (0.463). It means that there is correlation and H1is accepted. It can be concluded that there is  significant correlation between the students’ frequency of listening English song and their vocabulary achievement. Most of the students who have good frequency of listening English song tended to have good score in vocabulary test too. It can be concluded that  students’ frequency of listening English song influence their vocabulary achivement.

Key words: achivement, frequency, listening, song, vocabulary.


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