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Analyzing
theProblems
Encountered
bySecond
Grade
Students
of
SMUK
Mgr.Soegijapranata
Pasuruan
in Listening
t0 popSongs
A THESIS
Ar Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Sarjana Pendidikan
Degrec in English Language Teaching Faculty
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UNIVERSITAS
KATOLIKWIDYA MANDALA SURABAYA
F A K U L T A SK E GU R UAN
DAN ILM U PENDIDIKAN
JU R U S A NP E N D IDIKAN
BAHASADAN SENI
P R OGR A MS T U D I P ENDIDIKAN
BAHASAINGGRIS
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APPROVAL SHEE'I
(1)
This thesis entitled: "Analyzing the ProblemsEncounteredby SecondGrade
Studentsof SMUK Mgr. SoegijapranataPasuruanin Listening to Pop Songs",prepared
and submittedby Vilia Wulansarihas been approvedand acceptedas partial fulfillment
ofthe requirementfor the SarjanaPendidikanDegreein English LanguageTeachingby
the followins advisors:
Prof. E. Sadtono.Ph. D
Advisor I
Advisor II
APPROVAL S}IEET
(2)
This thesishas beenexaminedby the committeeof an Oral Examinationwith the
gradeof
on Septemberl4'n, 2004.
/r:
t-.-t--^
L,L/-^
Prof. Dr. VeronicaL. Diptoadi
Chairman
"'-fu
Johanes 6nardiTaloko.S.Pd.M.Sc.
Member
S.Pd.
fronicaAniek Setiawaty.
Member
Prof. E. Sadtono.Ph. D
Member
Member
ACKI'iOWLEDGEilIENTS
First of all. the writer u'ould like to expressher greatestgratitude to The
Almightl,- God for His guidance and biessingsto the writer in carrying out and
finishing her thesis lreil.
Having completed this thesis, the writer once again would like to express
her deepestgratitudeto.
l. Prof. E. Sadtono,Ph. D, the first advisor who has been lvilling to help the
*'riter in doing her thesis.
2. Dra. Ruruh Mindari M.Pd, the secondadvisor who has guided and helpcd
the writer in doing his thesis.
3. Prof. Dr. Veronica L. Diptoadi , JohanesLeonardi Taloko, S.Pd,M.Sc.
and Veronica Aniek Setiaw-atv,S.Pd who have been willing to help the
rvriter in doing her thesis
+.
The administrative Personnel of Wid-va Mandala Catholic University
Librarian, who have helped and given the writer data neededfor her thesis.
5 . The headmaster(Drs. PaulusMartha Dwisasrnito) and the English teacher
iPiscelina Utari, S.Pd) of SML|L Mgr. SoegliapranataPasuruan,u'ho has
given the opportunitiesto hold the listening test in the school.
A
The writer's parents and sister, who have given their supports for the
uriter.
7 . All of the rvriter's tiiends: Sugianto,Ena, Hanny, Diana and Inany other
friends who have given supports.ideasand help.
l
To all of those mentioned above, the writer wouid iike to expresshcr deepest
appreciation and gratitude. Without their participation this thesis would not have
been completedas is norv.
iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS
"" " r 1
AP P R OV ASLH E E T(2 )......
""
A C K N OWL E D GE ME N T S
iii
. ...........
,....- - V
T AB L EOF C ON T E N T S
" viii
ABSTRACT
CHAPTERI:INTRODUCTION......
1.1 BackgroundoftheStudy
""
"' I
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I .
1.2 statementsofthestudy...
...... '..5
1.3 ObjectivesoftheStudy...
..........6
1.4 SigrificanceoftheStudy...
.......6
1.5 ScopeandLimitationof theStudy
.......... ...-..'l
1 . 6 D e f i n i t i oonf t h eK e y - t e r m. s. .. . .. . .
. . .. . . . . . . . . . .8
1.? TheoreticalFramework
. . . . . . .. . . ... .' . 8
1.8 Organizationof the Study
2.1.l
The Natureof Listeningin LanguageLeamtng
t2
t4
. . .. . .
2 . 2 L i s t e n i nCgo m p r e h e n s i. o. .n
2 . 2 . 1 L i s t e n i n g a n d N o t e T a k i n.g. . .
. . . . . .- - -. . . .. . . 1 7
................19
...........-..'...20
2.3 Problemsinlistenins
...........22
2.4 ListeningTest......
....-...25
2.5 SongsinlisteningClass......
Survey
2.6 Stepsin Conductinga Questionnaire
. ... --..-.28
2 . 7 R e v i e w o f R e l a t e d P r e v iSotuusd y . . .
.............30
...
...
METHODOLOGY
C H A P T E RI I I : R E S E A R C H
.
3.1 ResearchDesien...
..
. . . . . . . . . 3. 1
............31
. . . . . . . . . . . .3. 1
3 . 2 T h eS u b j e c o
t sf t h eS t u d y
........32
3.3 TheData
3.4 TheResearchInstruments......
. ................32
3 . 5 T h e P r o c e s s e sSoef l e c t i n g t h e S o n g s
...........33
3.6 TryOutofthelnstruments
...........35
3.7 TheProcedure
of DataCollection
... ... ... .......36
3.6 TheDataAnalysisTechniques
CHAPTERIV : DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONOF
THEFINDINGS
Vl
.......37
....."""52
4.2 Discussions......
.....""'54
CHAPTERV:CONCLUSION.........
...........54
7.1Conclusion.........
.."""' 54
7.2 Suggestions......
... """'
forthe TeachingofListening
7.2.1 Suggestions
...
for FurtherResearch
7.2.2 Suggestions
... ..
57
. ... .. . 59
. . . . .. . .. . .. . . 6 0
B T B L T O G R A P.H. ..Y. .
.......63
APPENDIX
vii
ABSTR{CT
Wulansari, Vilia. 2004. Analyzing the Problems Encountereciby Second Crade
Studentsof SMUK Mgr. SoegijapranataPasuruanin Listening to Pop
Songs.Program Studi PendidrkanBahasainggris, FKIP, Untversiias
Katholik Widya Mandala Surabay'a.
Advisor: -. Prof. E. Sadtono,Ph. D
-. Dra. Ruruh Mindari. lv1.Pd
Listening as part of language skills 1isS the first step to leam a foreign
language and also leads to the mastery of the other language skills. Although
listening is an important language skill, it seernsto be negiected in teachtng
learning process.In 2004. the IndonesianMinistry of National Education stated
that the EBTANAS. the nationalfinal exam.would includea speciallisteningtest.
'ihis
piece ofnelvs caught secondaryschoolsunpreparedsince many ofthem have
given
enough training for their students in listening, Listening cannot be
not
learned in one or tp'o exercises,it takes a long time to have enoughability to
iisten. The teachershould give a great amount oflistening exercisesand they also
have to knorv the problems faced by their students in listening to prepare the
studentsweil in facing the listening test.
Considering the reason above, the rwiter conducted research into the
ability and the problems of secondarystudentsin listening to English pop songs.
'fhe ',vriter
chose SMUK Mgr. SoegijapranataPasuruan,as the piace to conduct
the researoh.The subjects chosen were fifty five second grade students of the
school. These studentswere chosenbecausethev rvill have a listening test in
EBTANAS in 2005. This researchwas held to seetheir abiliry*and the problems
the1,'have in listening. The rvriter used pop songs as authentic materials since
'fhe
testswere heid twtce becauseof the time
songscreatemore reiaxed situation.
limitation given b-vthe teacher. In the listening test, the *Titer played the songs
three timcs, and each time the songs\tere bcing played the studentshad to write
down as rnany different vocabulary items as they could, this is to measuretheir
vocabulary achievement.To figure out their problems in listening to pop songs.
the writer gave questiotrnairesto the students and the resuit of these
questionnairesshowedthe problems faced by the students.
The resuits of this study show'that students' vocabtliary achievement is
beiow lifty percent of the amount of vocabulary of the songs.The rnajor problem
encounteredby most studentsfound in the first song is concentrationon listening.
The major problem encounteredby most students {bund in the second song is
their ability in comprehendingthe content of the song.
Theseresults can be used as a guideline for the English teachersof SMUK
Pasuruanin teaching listening. Another implication is that
Soegtjapranata
lvlgr.
songscan be usedas interestingmaterials in teaching listening.
v
l
theProblems
Encountered
bySecond
Grade
Students
of
SMUK
Mgr.Soegijapranata
Pasuruan
in Listening
t0 popSongs
A THESIS
Ar Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Sarjana Pendidikan
Degrec in English Language Teaching Faculty
ogaz los
' i:-l
l'-l
- {..r,t
.
t"tP-tl
I
r-*----*'--i
Fk-iq
I
;
l-r
lcut
I
I
rl
,
l-!
VILIA WULANSARI
It
i
( 1213000032
)
UNIVERSITAS
KATOLIKWIDYA MANDALA SURABAYA
F A K U L T A SK E GU R UAN
DAN ILM U PENDIDIKAN
JU R U S A NP E N D IDIKAN
BAHASADAN SENI
P R OGR A MS T U D I P ENDIDIKAN
BAHASAINGGRIS
NOVEMBER,2OO4
.oo-l
t S,g{v)
_ .,..*..-:-. -. _*
I
{
APPROVAL SHEE'I
(1)
This thesis entitled: "Analyzing the ProblemsEncounteredby SecondGrade
Studentsof SMUK Mgr. SoegijapranataPasuruanin Listening to Pop Songs",prepared
and submittedby Vilia Wulansarihas been approvedand acceptedas partial fulfillment
ofthe requirementfor the SarjanaPendidikanDegreein English LanguageTeachingby
the followins advisors:
Prof. E. Sadtono.Ph. D
Advisor I
Advisor II
APPROVAL S}IEET
(2)
This thesishas beenexaminedby the committeeof an Oral Examinationwith the
gradeof
on Septemberl4'n, 2004.
/r:
t-.-t--^
L,L/-^
Prof. Dr. VeronicaL. Diptoadi
Chairman
"'-fu
Johanes 6nardiTaloko.S.Pd.M.Sc.
Member
S.Pd.
fronicaAniek Setiawaty.
Member
Prof. E. Sadtono.Ph. D
Member
Member
ACKI'iOWLEDGEilIENTS
First of all. the writer u'ould like to expressher greatestgratitude to The
Almightl,- God for His guidance and biessingsto the writer in carrying out and
finishing her thesis lreil.
Having completed this thesis, the writer once again would like to express
her deepestgratitudeto.
l. Prof. E. Sadtono,Ph. D, the first advisor who has been lvilling to help the
*'riter in doing her thesis.
2. Dra. Ruruh Mindari M.Pd, the secondadvisor who has guided and helpcd
the writer in doing his thesis.
3. Prof. Dr. Veronica L. Diptoadi , JohanesLeonardi Taloko, S.Pd,M.Sc.
and Veronica Aniek Setiaw-atv,S.Pd who have been willing to help the
rvriter in doing her thesis
+.
The administrative Personnel of Wid-va Mandala Catholic University
Librarian, who have helped and given the writer data neededfor her thesis.
5 . The headmaster(Drs. PaulusMartha Dwisasrnito) and the English teacher
iPiscelina Utari, S.Pd) of SML|L Mgr. SoegliapranataPasuruan,u'ho has
given the opportunitiesto hold the listening test in the school.
A
The writer's parents and sister, who have given their supports for the
uriter.
7 . All of the rvriter's tiiends: Sugianto,Ena, Hanny, Diana and Inany other
friends who have given supports.ideasand help.
l
To all of those mentioned above, the writer wouid iike to expresshcr deepest
appreciation and gratitude. Without their participation this thesis would not have
been completedas is norv.
iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS
"" " r 1
AP P R OV ASLH E E T(2 )......
""
A C K N OWL E D GE ME N T S
iii
. ...........
,....- - V
T AB L EOF C ON T E N T S
" viii
ABSTRACT
CHAPTERI:INTRODUCTION......
1.1 BackgroundoftheStudy
""
"' I
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I .
1.2 statementsofthestudy...
...... '..5
1.3 ObjectivesoftheStudy...
..........6
1.4 SigrificanceoftheStudy...
.......6
1.5 ScopeandLimitationof theStudy
.......... ...-..'l
1 . 6 D e f i n i t i oonf t h eK e y - t e r m. s. .. . .. . .
. . .. . . . . . . . . . .8
1.? TheoreticalFramework
. . . . . . .. . . ... .' . 8
1.8 Organizationof the Study
2.1.l
The Natureof Listeningin LanguageLeamtng
t2
t4
. . .. . .
2 . 2 L i s t e n i nCgo m p r e h e n s i. o. .n
2 . 2 . 1 L i s t e n i n g a n d N o t e T a k i n.g. . .
. . . . . .- - -. . . .. . . 1 7
................19
...........-..'...20
2.3 Problemsinlistenins
...........22
2.4 ListeningTest......
....-...25
2.5 SongsinlisteningClass......
Survey
2.6 Stepsin Conductinga Questionnaire
. ... --..-.28
2 . 7 R e v i e w o f R e l a t e d P r e v iSotuusd y . . .
.............30
...
...
METHODOLOGY
C H A P T E RI I I : R E S E A R C H
.
3.1 ResearchDesien...
..
. . . . . . . . . 3. 1
............31
. . . . . . . . . . . .3. 1
3 . 2 T h eS u b j e c o
t sf t h eS t u d y
........32
3.3 TheData
3.4 TheResearchInstruments......
. ................32
3 . 5 T h e P r o c e s s e sSoef l e c t i n g t h e S o n g s
...........33
3.6 TryOutofthelnstruments
...........35
3.7 TheProcedure
of DataCollection
... ... ... .......36
3.6 TheDataAnalysisTechniques
CHAPTERIV : DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONOF
THEFINDINGS
Vl
.......37
....."""52
4.2 Discussions......
.....""'54
CHAPTERV:CONCLUSION.........
...........54
7.1Conclusion.........
.."""' 54
7.2 Suggestions......
... """'
forthe TeachingofListening
7.2.1 Suggestions
...
for FurtherResearch
7.2.2 Suggestions
... ..
57
. ... .. . 59
. . . . .. . .. . .. . . 6 0
B T B L T O G R A P.H. ..Y. .
.......63
APPENDIX
vii
ABSTR{CT
Wulansari, Vilia. 2004. Analyzing the Problems Encountereciby Second Crade
Studentsof SMUK Mgr. SoegijapranataPasuruanin Listening to Pop
Songs.Program Studi PendidrkanBahasainggris, FKIP, Untversiias
Katholik Widya Mandala Surabay'a.
Advisor: -. Prof. E. Sadtono,Ph. D
-. Dra. Ruruh Mindari. lv1.Pd
Listening as part of language skills 1isS the first step to leam a foreign
language and also leads to the mastery of the other language skills. Although
listening is an important language skill, it seernsto be negiected in teachtng
learning process.In 2004. the IndonesianMinistry of National Education stated
that the EBTANAS. the nationalfinal exam.would includea speciallisteningtest.
'ihis
piece ofnelvs caught secondaryschoolsunpreparedsince many ofthem have
given
enough training for their students in listening, Listening cannot be
not
learned in one or tp'o exercises,it takes a long time to have enoughability to
iisten. The teachershould give a great amount oflistening exercisesand they also
have to knorv the problems faced by their students in listening to prepare the
studentsweil in facing the listening test.
Considering the reason above, the rwiter conducted research into the
ability and the problems of secondarystudentsin listening to English pop songs.
'fhe ',vriter
chose SMUK Mgr. SoegijapranataPasuruan,as the piace to conduct
the researoh.The subjects chosen were fifty five second grade students of the
school. These studentswere chosenbecausethev rvill have a listening test in
EBTANAS in 2005. This researchwas held to seetheir abiliry*and the problems
the1,'have in listening. The rvriter used pop songs as authentic materials since
'fhe
testswere heid twtce becauseof the time
songscreatemore reiaxed situation.
limitation given b-vthe teacher. In the listening test, the *Titer played the songs
three timcs, and each time the songs\tere bcing played the studentshad to write
down as rnany different vocabulary items as they could, this is to measuretheir
vocabulary achievement.To figure out their problems in listening to pop songs.
the writer gave questiotrnairesto the students and the resuit of these
questionnairesshowedthe problems faced by the students.
The resuits of this study show'that students' vocabtliary achievement is
beiow lifty percent of the amount of vocabulary of the songs.The rnajor problem
encounteredby most studentsfound in the first song is concentrationon listening.
The major problem encounteredby most students {bund in the second song is
their ability in comprehendingthe content of the song.
Theseresults can be used as a guideline for the English teachersof SMUK
Pasuruanin teaching listening. Another implication is that
Soegtjapranata
lvlgr.
songscan be usedas interestingmaterials in teaching listening.
v
l