THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING SONG TO INCREASE THE STUDENTS’ CONCENTRATION LEVEL IN LISTENING COMPREHENSION TO THE TENTH-GRADE STUDENTS OF SMK N 3 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find out whether there is any effectiveness in using song to increase the students’ concentration level in listening comprehension to the tenth-grade students of SMK N 3 Purworejo in the academic year of 2013/2014. In this research the researcher took 60 students as the sample. As the experimental group, the researcher used 30 students of X-BB3 class. Meanwhile, as the control group, the researcher took 30 students of X-KR class. Then, the researcher gave pre-test and post-test to both classes. As the fact, the result of t-value is 3.218 based on the 0.05 significant level, the value of t-table is 1.980. The result of computation shows that t-value is higher than t-table, that is 4.96>1.671. So, it can be stated that the hypothesis “using song to increase the students’ concentration level in listening comprehension to the tenth-grade students of SMK N 3 Purworejo in the academic year of 2013/2014 is effective” is accepted.

Keywords: effectiveness, song, concentration level, listening comprehension