Improving students’ listening skill in learning English by using English songs: A Study at the Grade XI Automotive I of SMK N 2 Curup Timur Rejang Lebong.

Listening is one of the four skills in English. Students should master this skill, because it is very important to them. But it was found that the students of XI grade of SMKN 2 Curup Timur had the problem in listening. The purpose of this research is to investigate whether the English songs could improve the students’ listening skill. This research was Classroom Action Research (CAR). The participants of this research were the students of grade XI Automotive I of SMKN 2 Curup Timur. The instruments used to collect the data were observation checklist, field-notes, listening test and interview which were used to see the improvement of listening skill results. This research was conducted for 12 meeting in three cycles. Each cycle consist of four meetings involving plan, action, observation and reflection. In cycle I, students listening skill results were still low. Students still got difficulties in part II and III. On the cycle 2, the result of the listening test better improved but it was not passed the minimum standard of the test. At the last cycle the result of the students listening test was improved. So it could be concluded that using English songs can improve students listening skill. The teachers are recommended to apply this technique in teaching listening because it helps students improve their listening skill.