Abstract :
Pronunciation is very important for the students. Especially for beginners,
most of the students have poor pronunciation ability. Their pronunciation ability
still do not consistent and still far from correct with standard English
pronunciation. In this research, the researcher applied Ed Sheeran song for
learning pronunciation. Using English song is a great way to make the teaching
and learning process becomes more attractive and fun. The purpose of this
research was to know whether there were effect and significant difference
between students who were taught by using Ed Sheeran song media and those
who were not taught by using Ed Sheeran Song media toward students?
pronunciation ability at second grades SMP N 6 Metro in academic year
2024/2025.
This research applied quasy experimental design. This research used two
classes as experimental class and control class. The population was taken from
the second grade students of SMP N 6 Metro in academic year 2024/2025. The
numbers of the sample in this research were 30 students of class 8.8 as
experimental class and 26 students of class 8.9 as control class.
The results of the research showed that the Sig value (2-tailed) was 0.000
is lower than error level (0.05). According to the data analysis of the data and
testing of hypothesis. The result of the calculation showed that the alternative
hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. Based on
the computation above, it can be concluded that there are effect and significant
difference using Ed Sheeran song in perfect as a media for leaning students?
pronunciation ability at the second grades of SMP N 6 Metro in academic year
2024/2025.
In conclusion, the researcher concluded that English song can be used to
relax students and provide an enjoyable classroom atmosphere and develop their
motivation in learning pronunciation. In suggestion, for the future researcher can
use song to improve the students understanding in language skills such as:
Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Song in this research is proved to be
able to help students to reinforce what they learn in the classroom. But, learning
English by using song takes an extra time in the regular meeting. It can be
ineffective time for the learning process. As a matter of fact, every strategy or
media bears some advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is important for
the other researcher to consider each of advantages and disadvantages in order
to make the implementation of the strategy in teaching process more effective
and successful.