Abstract:
The researcher conducts a quantitative research with an experimental
design. The objective of the research is to find whether using nursery rhyme in
teaching listening comprehension at the seventh grade students of SMP N 1
Ambal in the academic year of 2015/2016 is effective or not. The researcher uses
two different classes and employs two different teaching techniques.
In order to collect the data, the researcher gives pre and post-test in both of
the classes. The researcher administers a pre-test to know that the two classes
have relatively the same background of knowledge in the research variable and
post-test to find out the growth of the score as the measurement of the students‘
achievement. The researcher conducts the research in SMP N 1 Ambal. The
researcher takes two classes as the sample of the research, they are V11 E which
has 32 students as the experimental class and V11 G which has 32 students the
control class. The sampling technique that is used by the researcher is purposive
sampling.
In analyzing the data, the researcher uses descriptive analysis and
inferential analysis. The researcher uses some formulas to compute the data, for
then the computation of the data will be used to prove the hypothesis of the
research. The researcher also uses SPSS in analyzing the data.
Based on the result of the research, the researcher finds that using nursery
rhyme in teaching listening comprehension at the seventh grade students of SMP
N 1 Ambal in the academic year of 2015/2016 is effective. It is proven by the
mean score of experimental class is 73.81, whereas the mean score of control class
is 65.19. Moreover, the result of Tvalue is 11.37, while the value of Ttable is 2.00.
