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also explains that listening is an important skill because it provides the great opportunity to hear voices from native speakers, and it also enables students to
improve their own pronunciation as a result of the spoken English they absorb from the listening material p.228. In this research, listening is an ability to
perceive the spoken words and transcript them to the written form.
4. SMP Pangudi Luhur 1 Kalibawang
SMP Pangudi Luhur 1 Kalibawang is a school where the students learn English using songs. The teacher use songs in order to make the students more
enthusiastic in learning English. In this research, the eighth grade students were chosen as the participants. The total number of eighth grade students in SMP
Pangudi Luhur 1 Kalibawag was 54 students involved with 27 persons from class VIII A and 27 persons from class VIII B.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter presents theoretical description and theoretical framework. Theoretical description deals with the theories related to this research. Meanwhile,
theoretical framework discusses major relevant theories which help the researcher to answer the research questions.
A. Theoretical Description
This section reviews the theories related to this research; they are theory of perception, theory of motivation, theory of listening, and theory of learning
through song.
1. Theory of Perception
Robbins 2001 states that perception “is a process by which someone responds, understands, and gives meaning on the stimulus from surrounding
environment” p. 122. He also describes that first impression is important in forming the perception. Having good impression will lead to the positive
perception, in which the person feels happy and like the thing. On the other hand, having bad impression will lead to the negative perception. In other words, it
could be seen that someone’s behavior can be influenced by his or her own perception. Based on Robbins’ statement, the researcher used instruments that can
support the research to get the opinion from the participants’ point of view about the use of songs in listening class and it can also help the researcher to know their
perception through their impression when they used songs in listening class. If the
