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However, most of the students were active in answering teacher’s questions.
Ya, sering menjawab, karena jadi semangat aja gitu buat jawabnya. Interview, Student 1
Yes, I often answer it. It is because I become enthusiastic to answer. Interview, Student 1
It can be concluded that, listening to songs not only make the students paid more attention to the lesson but also arouse the students’ enthusiasm to participate
actively in listening activity. Gardner and Lambert 1972 state that motivation is very important
because it can influence learners’ attitude toward the learning. If learners have positive attitudes, it means that they have high motivation in learning. From their
answers above, it could be seen that the students had positive response. They liked listening class using songs because listening through songs is easy to learn. As a
result, the students did not get difficulty to master the listening skill. Listening through song also could arouse their motivation in learning English. The students’
become enthusiastic to pay more attention in the learning process and they also actively involved in answering teacher’s questions.
b. Students’ Perception on the Use of Songs in Listening Activity
From the interview, all of the students stated that listening activity using songs made them enthusiastic to learn English. There were various reasons which
already stated by them. For the example, Ya, soalnya gak bikin bosen, trus bisa buat variasi juga. Interview,
Student 6
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Yes, because I did not get bored with it and it can be variation too. Interview, Student 6
Iya, karena lagunya enak didenger. Saya jadi suka listening karena itu. Interview, Student 4
Yes, because the song is easy listening. I like listening because of that. Interview, Student 4
In addition, activity using songs also allowed the students to listen while learning. It brought fun atmosphere to their class and it could make them relaxed.
There were many activities which can complete the listening activity using songs. Besides listening itself, most students liked the fill in the blank activity. It
was because they could complete the lyric of the songs and they would get new vocabulary.
Aktifitas melengkapi liriknya. Jadi tahu lagu baru, tahu kata-kata baru. Interview, Students 5
I like the completing lyric activity so I know the songs and get new vocabulary. Interview, Students 5
After completing the lyric, students’ favorite activity was singing the song together in class. They liked it because this activity could create fun atmosphere in
class so they would never get bored or sleepy. Jawab pertanyaan, nyanyi. Bikin kelasnya jadi rame gak bikin ngantuk.
Interview, Student 8 I like the answering questions and singing activity because the class
becomes lively so we would not feel sleepy. Interview, Student 8
