Abstract:
As the language learners, we have to master both spoken and written
language. In Indonesia, most of English learner say that writing is the most
difficult skill to learn, especially in understanding grammar. The research is
conducted to find out the effectiveness of using songs to improve students mastery
of present perfect tense at the eighth grade students of Junior High School.
This research belongs to experimental research because in conducting the
data the researcher used experiment. This research was carried out at SMP N 10
Purworejo in five meetings on May 2015. The population of the study are the
eighth grade students of SMP N 10 Purworejo. As the sample, the researcher used
64 students of the total population. The researcher used the purposive sampling
technique to make sample. To collect the data, the researcher used test as the
instrument. There were pre-test and post-test. To analyse the data, the researcher
used t-test formula.
The result of data computation indicates that t-value is 4.65. It means that
t-value of this study is higher than the t-table. The t-table is 1.999. It means that
using English songs to improve students mastery of present perfect tense is
effective, therefore Ha is accepted. The researcher hopes that the result can be
involved in education field. English teacher should pay attention to the media and
improve the media to stimulate the students in the teaching-learning process.
