Students’ Motivation in Learning English through Song

This research entitled students’ motivation in learning English through song at MAS Ruhul Islam Anak Bangsa. It is a descriptive quantitative field research through experimental teaching to find out students’ motivation level and the effects of using songs in learning English among students at MAS Ruhul Islam Anak Bangsa. In data collection, a questionnaire was used employing a five-point Likert scale. The number of participants is 28 students of class XI MIPA 6. Based on the finding of the research, it revealed that most of students are motivated in learning English through song. It is supported by the data that most of the students have high motivation (75%) and some of them get moderate motivation (25%). From this result it can be concluded that most of the students strongly agree that song is one of the media which makes them motivated and interested in learning English. Thus, learning English through song has the following effect: it does not make them bored, it can reinforce vocabulary learning, it makes them more confident in speaking English and it is enjoyable learning even though they fail to get good
grades.