A Correlational Study between Habit in Listening to English Songs, Grammatical Mastery, and Listening Skills: A Study of Seventh Semester Students at Sebelas Maret University

Fila Fila Arista, Ngadiso Ngadiso Ngadiso, Ellisa Indriyani Putri Handayani

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to find the correlation between (1) the habit in listening to English songs and listening skill; (2) grammatical mastery and listening skill; (3) habit in listening to English songs, grammatical mastery simultaneously, and listening skill. The method used in this study was correlation study. The total population was 80 and the sample was 20 students taken with the cluster random sampling technique to select one class to participate in the tryout and one class to participate in the study. The instruments in collecting the data are a questionnaire and a test. The questionnaire was used to collect the data of  habit in listening to English songs while the objective test is used to collect the data of grammatical mastery and listening skill. The technique used to analyze the data were Pearson Product Moment and Multiple Linear Regression and Correlations. The results of the data analysis indicate a significant correlation between the habit in listening to English songs and listening skill; grammatical mastery and listening skill; and between the habit in listening to English songs, grammatical mastery simultaneously, and listening skill of the seventh semester students of Sebelas Maret University. From the research findings, it can be concluded that both the habit in listening to English songs and grammatical mastery positively correlated to listening skill.

Keywords

Correlation, Habit, Songs, Grammar, Listening Skill

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/ee.v13i3.99275

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