THE USE OF OLIVIA RODRIGO’S SONGS ON THE SPOTIFY APPLICATION TO IMPROVE VOCABULARY MASTERY FOR NINTH�GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP N 1 ROWOSARI

Oktaviana, Irma.2023. The Use Of Olivia Rodrigo’s Songs on The Spotify
Application to Improve Vocabulary Mastery for Ninth-Grade Students at Smp N 1
Rowosari. Final Project, English Education Study Program, Faculty of Language
and Arts Education, Universitas PGRI Semarang. Advisor I Dr. Nur Hidayat,
M.Hum. Advisor II Festi Himatu K., S.S., M.Hum.
Keywords: Vocabulary, Song, Spotify.
This research motivated by problem about the students at SMP N 1 Rowosari still
lack an understanding of English. For example, when students are asked to read
English sentences, their pronunciation is still wrong, it is difficult to translate, and
they do not understand English vocabulary because according to them there are
too many and confusing. This research aimed to (1) To find out the implication of
the use Olivia Rodrigo’s songs in improving the vocabulary learning skills of
ninth-grade students at SMP N 1 Rowosari. (2) To describe the benefits obtained
by ninth-grade students at SMP N 1 Rowosari regarding the use Olivia Rodrigo’s
songs on the Spotify Application to improve vocabulary skills. In this research,
the researcher used a qualitative method to find out the increase in students’
vocabulary mastery by using songs that are heard through the Spotify application.
The object of the research is ninth-grade students of SMP N 1 Rowosari which
each class consists of 32 students. Researchers took one class among five classes
to be used as a sample. The class taken is class IX-A. The method of collect the
data are the pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire. The results obtained show that the average pre-test score is 56.87 and the post-test average is 81.40. It means that
there is any significances difference between the students who are taught by using
songs on the Spotify application and those taught without songs on the Spotify
application. So, it can be concluded that there is an increase in students'
vocabulary mastery.