Students’ Perception of Using English Songs and Their Vocabulary Learning

Abstract

Vocabulary is an important aspect of language learning, without vocabulary learners will not be able to master other skills successfully. Unfortunately, some students are still having difficulties in learning vocabulary. Nowadays, there are many media that can use to improve vocabulary mastery, one of which is through English songs. Students' perception is important in the learning process. By knowing how the opinion of the students in the learning process can help in finding strategies, methods, and styles as a solution to problems faced by students during the learning process, so the students will comfortable and happy while learning. Therefore, researcher conducted this study with the aim to know the students’ perception of using English songs and their vocabulary learning. The design of this research was a qualitative with a case study design. There were 25 students of eight semester of English education Department of University of Islam Malang as the subjects of this study. The data were collected through questionnaire and interview. The questionnaire used closed-ended question which were discussing about students’ interest in English songs and how English songs affected their English learning and vocabulary. To analyzed the data from the questionnaire, the researcher used formula of percentage calculations based on Sugiyono (2015). Meanwhile, the data from the interview were analyzed by using the flow model by Miles and Huberman as cited in Sugiyono (2015) which consisted of data reduction, data display and drawing a conclusion. The result of this study showed that students’ perception of using English songs and their vocabulary learning were positive. The majority of the students had interest in listening English songs. They always updating the latest English songs and spend their time to listening English songs. Almost all of the students also agreed that English songs can help them in a learn English skills and increasing their vocabulary. In addition, all participants said that pop songs gave the best results to increase vocabulary because pop songs have a slow tempo, making it easier for students to understand the meaning of the lyrics of the song. Based on the findings, the researcher suggested for further research to investigate students’ perceptions of using English songs and others English skills. Keywords: Students’ Perception, English Songs, Vocabulary Learning