%A 1413042040 Melita Fisilia Olani
%T IMPROVING STUDENTS? CONTENT-WORDS MASTERY THROUGH

SONGS AT SMP NEGERI 4 BANDAR LAMPUNG
%X The objective of this research is to find out whether there is an improvement in
students? content words after they are taught by using songs at SMP Negeri 4 Bandar
Lampung.
This research was conducted at the second-grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Bandar
Lampung in the academic year 2019/2020. There were eleven classes in the second
grade of SMP Negeri 4 Bandar Lampung. Each class consisted of 32 students. The
researcher took class VIII D. This research used one group pretest-posttest design by
giving the pre-test, treatments, and the post-test. The instrument used to get the data
in this research was vocabulary tests. Vocabulary tests in the forms of pre-test and
post-test were done to collect the data. Then, the t-test was used to test the hypothesis.
The result of the hypothesis test proves that using songs can improve students?

content-words mastery. It can be seen from the mean score of the pre-test and post-
test which was analyzed through SPSS 16.00. The mean score of the pre-test was

73.4 and it was improved to 81.3 in post-test and the gain was 5. The result of the t-
test shows that the level of significance is p < 0.05 and the significant two-tail is

p=0.000. It can be said that using songs can improve students? content words.

Keywords: improving, vocabulary, songs
%C UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG
%D 2021
%I Fakultas Keguruan Ilmu Pendidikan 
%L eprints61768