Enhancing Second-Grade Students' Vocabulary Using YouTube Song Lyrics at MTsN 2 Wonosobo
improving, vocabulary skills, song lyrics
Abstract
The aims of this research is: (1) to determine the effect of song lyrics of videos on YouTube as a learning media to improve students vocabulary skills. (2) to determine the different between students who use song lyrics of videos on YouTube as a learning media and students who do not use song lyrics of videos on YouTube. This research is a quantitative research with the type of experimental research carried out at MTsN 2 Wonosobo, with samples taken as 2 classes. Data collection techniques were carried out by means of observation, tests, and documentation.The results of this study indicate that: (1) the application of the learning method using song lyrics of videos on YouTube can improve the vocabulary skills of class VIII D students at MTsN 2 Wonosobo. (2) there is a difference in improvements students vocabulary skills between classes that use song lyrics of videos on YouTube as a medium of learning and classes that did not use song lyrics of videos on YouTube as a medium of learning. This is evidenced by the results of the calculation of the t test of 4.75 with a ttable at an error level of 1% = 2.68 and at an error level of 5% = 2.01. So it shows that tcount > ttable then H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted.
Keyword: Improve, vocabulary skills, song lyrics.
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