A PROPOSAL

THE INFLUENCE OF WESTRN MUSIC ON THE LISTENING

SKILL AT TWELEVE GRADE OF MA NW TEKO IN THE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

By :
RIFA THOHRIAH
NIM. 17.8.3.035

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
THE UNIVERSITY OF NAHDLATUL WATHAN MATARAM
2021
 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
 BACKGROUND OF STUDY
In language teaching, four skills must be taught to achieve language proficiency, namely:
listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Naturally, in language acquisition, humans first
learn to listen, then speak, then read, and then write. Humans cannot speak until they
listen. Wallace et al (2004: 13) write that listening skills are very important skills because
these skills allow humans to gain insight, understanding, knowledge, and information,
and achieve success in communicating with others. Therefore, listening skills are very
important skills in the language. However, listening is not a simple process. Someone
who listens must distinguish between sounds, capture and understand vocabulary and
grammatical structures, interpret stress and meaning, remember and interpret all of them
at almost the same time, and adapt them to the socio-cultural context of the speech heard
(Vandergrift, 2012). . Therefore, effective techniques and methods are needed in teaching
listening skills so that students or students can listen and understand well.
Listening is one of the skill areas in learning English, nowadays a person's listening
ability is a measure to be a measure of a person's success in understanding English
lessons, listening skills are not only obtained from just listening to lessons, nowadays
improving listening skills can be obtained from listening to songs, watching movies, and
listening to English dialogues on social media.
Today's learning must be made as interesting as possible so that students can easily and
quickly digest various lessons such as listen music in English lessons.
 Music is a sound that is received by individuals and varies based on history, location,
culture and individual tastes. The true definition of music also varies, including (1) music is / the
impression of something that is captured by the listener, (2) music is a work of art with non-
essential sounds and their supporters, and (3) music is all sounds that intentionally produced by a
person or by a group of individuals presented as music. From some of these definitions, music is
all sounds produced by humans intentionally that are presented as music. Various studies have
shown that improving students' musical intelligence can be done in various ways, including (1)
introducing music in class, (2) listening to music, (3) making music in class. For each purpose,
the class is enriched with music using a variety of different techniques. The use of music in the
classroom will help increase students' excitement in learning and at the same time can increase
the effectiveness of achieving goals. No less important is learning through music and or learning
with music, and learning about music can provide many benefits for students' physical and
mental development.
Today, young Indonesians have a great interest in music. For example, English songs are
now a trend on social media and many students just hum the song but don't know the meaning,
because they only follow the trend, but songs in English can improve one's ability to practice
listening skills. And based on these explanations, it can be assumed that if a person has an
interest in the song, then he indirectly gets the benefits from the lyrics and the music.
Based on that background above, the writer will try to investigate the influence of Western
music on the listening skill at Twelve Grade of MA NW TEKO in the academic year 2021/2022
 LIMITATION OF PROBLEM
According to Sukardi (2003:30) in formulating or
limiting problems in a study is very varied and depends
on the pleasure of the researcher. Therefore, it is
necessary to be careful and observant in evaluating the
formulation of research problems, and summarized into
several clear questions.
To keep away from amplifying the discussion in the
main problems, the writer limited only the influence two
westrn music on the listening skill.
 RESEARCH QUESTION
This research was taken because it deals with the
problems wich were being faced by the students. The
writer formulated the research problem in the form of
questions as follows :
1. What the influence of westrn music on the listening
skill at tweleve grade of MA NW Teko in the
academic year 2021/2022?
2. How the Westrn music improving students’ listening
skill ?
 RESEARCH OBJECTIONS
1. To know What the influence of westrn music on the
listening skill at tweleve grade of MA NW Teko in the
academic year 2021/2022
2. To know How the Westrn music improving students’
listening skill
 RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE
The significance of the study have both theoretical and practical
significances.
Theoritically
1. The English teachers would be able to devise effective lesson
and develop teaching material.
2. The English teachers would find out the cause of mistakes that
the students made.
Practical Significances
3. Give information, especially to English teachers,about the
influence of westrn music on listening skill
4. Give information, how to undersand the students problem

5. To motivate the English teacher to apply media in teaching

English.
DEFINITION KEY OF TERM
1. Influence
According to Surakhmad (2012: 1), Influence is a power that arises from
something object or person and also internal symptoms that can provide
change that can shape trust or change. It can be concluded that influence is
a power or strength that can be arise from something, be it character,
people, things, beliefs and actions someone who can influence the
environment around him.
2. Westrn Music
Western music is a form of country music composed by and about the
people who settled and worked throughout the Western United States and 
Western Canada.
3. Listening Skill
Listening is the vital skill providing the basis for the successful
communication and successful professional career. Effective listening
skills enhance the ability to learn and adapt new information, knowledge,
and skills.
 CHAPTER II
LITERATURE OF REVIEW
 LISTENING SKILL
Listening is very important in second and foreign language study. It is a skill
that looks like passive activity but actually it is not. It not only listens what
the speaker said but the receiver processes what he/she listens to. In
processing the information that listeners listen at least they do five elements
inside the process- hearing, attending, understanding, responding, and
remembering.If the elements are incomplete, it’s only hearing not listening.
In addition, Michael Rost said listening in language teaching refers to a
unique complex process that allows the listeners to understand spoken
language by pacing, units of encoding, and paucing factually.In short,
listening asks the listeners to process what they hear to gain information that
informed by the speaker. Also, Harmer categorizes listening as a receptive
skill and including in sub-skill area and he also stated there are differences
how people understand for specific and general information through their
listening.3 In short from some definitions above, listening is a language skill
that has complex process which need some elements to complete that
process for gathering information of spoken language by hear sense that
human has.
 MUSIC
Music is an integral part of life, therefore, music should be an integral part of the school
experience. There have been many research results that reveal that music has been used to
provide motivation in the fields of mathematics, social sciences, language arts, science,
history, and so on. Music is a universal language, so it can be integrated in all fields of study
to deliver. Because music can help school become a fun place, and music belongs to
children together. Thus, teachers should take advantage of this music-stimulated learning
motivation. (Brunk, 1981; Cohen-Taylor, 1981; McTeer & Bailey, 1980; Weisskoff, 1981).
To integrate music in learning, it can be done through various strategies. As at the time of
learning, the teacher can play music to create relaxation and excitement for students. Music
becomes student motivation. They are eager to participate in learning activities and let go in
completing activities. Studies prove that music provides many benefits to humans or
students such as building the mind, improving concentration and memory, and being able to
emotional intelligence.
Music can also balance the functions of the right brain and left brain, which balances the
balance of intellectual and emotional development. Until now there is an assumption that
music that can have a positive influence and educate the brain is classical music. Gallahue
(Sri: 2005), said "The rhythm, melody, and harmony of classical music can be a stimulus to
improve children's learning abilities. Through classical music it is easy to capture the
relationship between time, distance and sequence (sequence) which are skills needed to
learn thinking, mathematics and problems.
WESTRN MUSIC AS MEDIA IN ENGLISH LEARNING

Learning with music and song is supported by integrating

complex interactive roles creating a positive environment
with high levels of student achievement. Action research
supports a connection between language and song, as
wstudents as actively engaging learners in stimulating
activities and discovery. This publication outlines
strategies for using songs, song parody and lyrics to
introduce and strengthen students in the context of musical
patterns, melodies, rhymes and creative vocabulary. Once
students engage in students through music lyrics, the next
step is to customize learning by composing their own
lyrics and, for the capable and creative, set their lyrics to
original self-composed melodies.
DISADVANTAGE USING MUSIC MEDIA
IN LEARNING ENGLISH
Advantages of teaching English using singing:
1. Through songs will motivate students to be more happy to learn English.
2. By singing, students become happy and it is easier to understand the teaching
material presented. The teacher's ability to choose songs and create movements that
are appropriate to the students developmental age will also have an impact on the
success of the English learning process at an early age.
3. Through singing and various learning activities, educators can foster student's
interest to be more happy and active in learning, and can even make it easier for
children to understand the subject matter presented.
4. Students are made happy, not bored, and interested in participating in the learning
process.
Thus singing an activity that is very liked by students. In general, singing for
students functions more as a play activity than a learning activity or message
delivery. Singing can provide satisfaction, joy, and happiness for students so that it
can encourage children to study harder (Joyful Learning). By singing a student will
learn, master, and practice a teaching material delivered by the educator faster. In
addition, children's ability to listen (listening), sing, and be creative (creative) can be
done through this activity.
 DISADVANTAGE USING MUSIC MEDIA IN
LEARNING ENGLISH
Although there are some advantages of using music in learning
listening, it also found by the researcher when did the observation
before doing the experiment that there are some disadvantages such
as:
 Music is not something that “live longer”, it makes the teacher should
choose carefully.
 Most music in recent years did not have good content to be use as
material learning for Indonesian young learners
 The speed speech of the singer is mostly too high for junior high
school level.
The disadvantages above challange the teachers to be more selective
and careful. They must be aware about the popular songs that they
want to use in the classroom. The lyric content of the songs must be
appropriate for his/her students background, whether cultural or
social.
 RELEVANT OF STUDY
In making the thesis proposal, the researcher will consider previous of
study which have revelance with the research, that are:
From the results of research conducted by Afin Hidayat in 2013 with the
title “ The use of songs in Teaching students ability of Indonesia
university”. In this study the data will taken using quantitative method.
This study used quasi experimental design. The sample is divided into
two classes; experimental class and control class. Both classes were tested
by pre-test and post-test. Before giving the post-test, songs were given to
the experimental class as the treatment. Besides, the control class was
taught by conventional methods; the researcher taught listening
explaining through TOEFL based test and speaking in front of the.
Afterwards, the data which are taken from experimental class and control
class were compared and analyzed to find out its significance. The data
were analyzed by using t test formula to determine the means score of two
classes so that the effectiveness of the use of songs could be sought.
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 CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHOD
 PLACE AND TIME RESEARCH
This research was conducted at MA NW TEKO,
Pringgabaya District, East Lombok Regency.
Researchers chose the location in MA NW Teko because
of its strategic location and easy reach by researchers
and save on expenses. While the time used in the study
will be starting from research preparation, submitting
proposals, collecting data related to the influence of
western music on the listening ability of twelve students
of MA NW Teko academic year 2021/2022, followed by
data processing, then data analysis was carried out and
ended. with the preparation of research reports
 RESEARCH MEHOD
The research method that will be used for this
research r is a quantitative method. In this study, the
researcher used westrn music as the independent variable
and students' listening skills as the dependent variable. It
is one approaches of research that uses two groups; those
are experimental group and controlled group. The group
that receives the new or specific treatment is called the
experimental group and the group that receives no
treatment or is treated as usual is called controlled
group . This study focused on giving treatment to the
experimental group by westrn music in teaching
listening skills, and then the researcher observed and
analyzed the result through the test.
 There were two variables which were involved in
this research. They were the use of popular songs as the
independent variable and students' listening skills as the
dependent variable.
Table 3.1
Pre and Posttest Design

Select PRETEST NO TREATMENT POST TEST

Controlled
Group
Select PRETEST EXPERIMENTAL
TREATMENT
POST TEST

Experimental
Group
 POPULATION AND SAMPLE
1. Population
Population is a generalization area consisting of: objects/subjects that have certain qualities
and characteristics determined by researchers to study and draw conclusions. (Sugiyono
2018:80)
The opinion above is one of the references for the author to determine the populaAtion. The
population that will be used in this study is MA NW Teko which is the place of research.

2. Sample
The sample is part of the number and characteristics possessed by the population. If a large
population of researchers is not possible to study all of the existing population, for example
due to limited funds, manpower, and time, the researcher can use samples taken from that
population. (Sugiyono 2018:81)
Arikunto (2006) states of the sample is a part of representative of population that are
examination of investigate. Furthermore, she also states that if the population less than 100,
the whole noumber of population are than 100, it can be take between 10-15%, or more than
it (arikunto,2006.)
From the opinion above, the researcher determines the sample, namely the twelfth grade
students of MA NW Teko, who are part of the population.
 INSTRUMENTS OF RESEARCH
Arikunto (2006:13)says that research method is a way is used to
collect the data, but instrument is a tool that will be use to
collect the data. The further says that instrument can be set of
question or exercise or other tools which are use to measure
skill, knowledge, intlelligence, achievement, and attitude of
some one or a group of people.
Base on the above opinion researcher will be used instrumen in
this study is to present students with music that will be listened
to repeatedly three times, along with giving a test to complete
the music lyrics that have been deleted by the researcher. the
author will give 20 vacant lyrics by giving a score of 5 for every
one correct answer
 
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 METHOD OF COLLECTING DATA
In collection the data, the writer take the data from pre-test and post-test. The writer will
give pre-test to the subject before doing listening comprehension processes by the using
listen Westrn music. Mean while, the writer give post-test after applying the Westrn
music in the listening comprehension processes.
The writer uses the steps as follow :
1. Pre-test
The students do/answer the test before the writer teaches listening comprehension using
westrn music, it is aim to know the basic ability of the students listening skill.
2. Treatment
The writer gave the test for two groups, that was experimental and control group. There
was different gained between the listening skill of the experimental control group. Which
were the experimental group used the listening westrn music with fill the blank lyric
musik it while the control group used the listening music but not fill the blank lyric
3. Post test
The writer give post-test after applying treatments. This is aim to know students ability
( improve or not ) in listening comprehension or to know interesting and enthusision of
students toward westrn music in listening skill.
 
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