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secretary of English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University to do the research. Then, the permission letter was given to the
secretariat of SMP Pangudi Luhur 1 Kalibawang to conduct a research in the school. Afterwards, the researcher met the English teacher to arrange the
appropriate schedule to conduct the research. Then, the researcher conducted the observation. After the observation, the
questionnaires were distributed to the students. Next, the questionnaires were analyzed in order to choose the students who would be interviewed. The
researcher then interviewed the chosen students to obtain more information. After the data from the observation, questionnaire, and interview were
gathered, the researcher analyzed them all. The next step was interpreting the data and making conclusion based on the interpretation. The last step was reporting the
result of the research.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents and discusses the findings of the research. There are two discussions presented in this chapter. The first is related to the students’
perception on the use of songs in a listening class. The second discussion is about the advantages and the disadvantages of using songs in a listening class.
A. Students’ Perception on the Use of Songs in Listening Class
The data were obtained through three instruments, namely an observation, a questionnaire, and an interview. These three instruments were used to answer
the students’ perception on the use of songs in listening class. The observation was conducted in two classes when the students had listening class using songs. In
addition, the questionnaires were also distributed to the eighth grade students of SMP Pangudi Luhur 1 Kalibawang. To obtain the further data, the writer
conducted an interview for nine students of SMP Pangudi Luhur 1 Kalibawang.
1. Data Presentation of the Observation
To answer the first question related to the students’ perception on the use of songs in listening class, the researcher conducted an observation. The
observation was focused on students’ behavior before listening, during listening and after listening. Leontive 1981: 31 states that perception can be formed if
someone is aware of experiencing an event. After the perception is formed, the information are then organized and interpreted as behavioral response to the
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stimuli. Based on that theory, the observation was used to see students’ behavioral response toward the use of songs in listening class.
The first observation was conducted on November 5
th
, 2012. The participants were 27 students of class VIII A. The teaching and learning process
took place in an audio-visual room. Before the listening section started, all of the students were ready in the audio-visual room and they prefer to sit in the front
row. While the teacher prepared the material, most of the students were talking to their friends. When the handouts were distributed, they focused on them and tried
to guess about the topic they would learn. Almost all of the students were active in answering teacher’s questions about the topic of the lesson. They also paid
attention to the teacher seriously. When the listening section started, the students listened to the song
seriously. The teacher used Westlife’s songs and the title was “I Have a Dream.” The first task was to fill in the blanks or to complete the lyrics of the song. At
first, they liked to listen to the song rather than writing the answers. After the song was played for the first time, the students asked the teacher to play it again. At this
time, they started to write the answers and they still listened to the songs enthusiastically. Afterwards, the teacher played the songs once more time in order
to give opportunity to the students to check their answers. Even though the song played three times, they still concentrated to listen it.
Next, the teacher asked the students to discuss their answers with their partners. All of the students enjoyed the discussion. Moreover, the teacher
together with the students discussed about the song. The students also learnt about
