The Influence of English Song and Joox Application toward Students’ Pronunciation (A True Experimental Study at the Eighth Grade of SMPN 6 Kota Serang)

Rini Dwi Septiyani, Siti Hikmah, Akhmad Baihaqi

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The aim of this research was to find out the influence of English song and Joox Application toward students’ pronunciation at the eighth grade of SMPN 6 Kota Serang. The researcher used quantitative research by applying true experimental design for conducting the research. The population of this research was the eighth grade students of SMPN 6 Kota Serang.The groups were classified into Experimental Group and Control Group. Each group consists of 30 students. Pre-test was given to the groups at the beginning of the phase. Then treatment was given only to experimental group for three meetings. Post-test was given to the groups. After having post test, close-ended questionnaire was given to measure students’ response after using the treatment. In testing the hypothesis the researcher used t-test as formulas to know the influence of English song technique toward students’ pronunciation at the eighth grade of SMPN 6 Kota Serang. The calculation showed the result of  is higher than  (4.26 ≥ 2.00) with the significance 0.05 (5%). Based on students’ response in questionnaire, most of students answered strongly agree (35.9%) and agree (47.2%), it means that most of students have positive responds after receiving treatments using Joox application. It can be concluded that there is a significant influence of English song and Joox application toward students’ pronunciation at the eighth grade of SMPN 6 Kota Serang.


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