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Although most of the student liked this activity, there were a few of them who did not like it. It was because it could make the class become noisy and it
was quite disturbing. Kadang-kadang kalau pake lagu tu anak-anaknya jadi rame. Interview,
Student 2
Sometimes using songs can make other friends become so noisy. Interview, Student 2
Furthermore, some of them said that they did not like speaking activity. Retelling the songs was not their favorite activity because they were confused
when they had to tell the story inside the songs. Aku ga suka aktifitas speaking, soalnya bingung mau nyeritain cerita di
lagunya. Interview, Student 6
I didn’t like speaking activity because I confused to retell the story of the song. Interview, Student 6
However, most students said that every listening activity using song was always fun. Therefore, there were no activities that the students’ did not like.
Pake lagu aktifitas belajarnyanya jadi selalu asik. Interview, Student 7 The learning activity using song is always fun. Interview, Student 7
From their answers above, it proved that the students’ had positive response toward the listening activity using songs. Although there were many
activities that they did not like such as, retelling the song. Most students were happy and enthusiastic in learning English through those activities.
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c. The Students’ Perception on the Implication of Using Songs in Listening
Class
After finds that the students had good motivation and they also liked the activities using songs, the researcher wanted to know about the students’
perception on the implication of using songs in listening class. From the interview, all of the students stated that learning through songs
could improve their listening skill. Listening through songs made them easier in learning English. Moreover, the material was easy to understand.
Dengan menggunakan lagu kita jadi lebih mudah untuk mengerti materi listening. Interview, Student 3
Using songs made us to understand the listening material easily. Interview, Student 3
Listening pake lagu itu aktifitasnya menyenangkan, jadi bikin materinya mudah buat dipelajari. Interview, Student 9
Listening through songs is fun activity so it makes the material easy to learn. Interview, Student 9
Furthermore, listening through songs is fun and it is easy to do so the students become accustomed to listen. As the result, the students were easy to
follow the material. Listening pake lagu itu asik dan mudah dilakukan. Interview, Student 4
Listening through song is fun and it is easy to do. Interview, Student 4
When the students were asked about the appropriateness of songs to be applied to learn English, almost all of them said that it is good and appropriate to
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be applied in English class especially listening class. Most of the reason is because songs can be an alternative to learn English so they will be enthusiastic in
learning it. Ya, bisa untuk variasi biar murid-muridnya tambah bersemangat buat
belajar bahasa Inggris. Interview, Student 9
Yes. It can be a variation to learn English so the students will be more enthusiastic to learn it. Interview, Student 9
In other words, song can be used as a new learning material which makes the students enjoy the lesson so they will not get bored.
Ya bisa diterapkan menjadi materi pembelajaran baru biar anak-anak gak bosen di kelas. Interview, Student 6
Yes it can be applied to be a new learning material so the students will not get bored in class. Interview, Student 6
From their answer above it could be concluded that the students had positive perception on the implication of using songs in listening class. Listening through
songs made them easier in learning English. Moreover, the students agreed that songs were good and appropriate to be applied in listening class because songs
can be used as a new learning material which makes the students enthusiastic in learning English.
B. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Songs in Listening Class
When the students were asked about the advantages and disadvantages that they obtained so far, most of them answered that the advantages were their
listening skill improved, they knew new vocabularies and could remember it
