Listening is first skill for students to improve in learning English Language.
Beside that students of UPTD SMPN 2 Bati - bati lack of listening ability and the
teacher using song to help students improving their listening skill. Based on that
phenomenon, the researcher was interested in analyzing the correlation between
song that is used as a test reference and students listening ability. This research aims
as to describe statistically significant of the relationship between song and British
council as a test reference.
The researcher applied the correlational analysis which analyzes the
relationship between song and British council as a test reference. Population for this
research is eighth grade students of UPTD SMPN 2 Bati – bati with a sample of 76
students. Its step to analyze this research is validity test of the data, reliability test
of the data, and prerequisite test of correlational analysis, namely normality and
linearity test. After having the result of those two test, correlational test is used to
analyze the data.
The results showed that significant of the data is 0,000, it means that < 0,005
and H1 is accepted and H0 is declined. Correlation coefficient of the data is 0,702.
It can be concluded that there is significant relationship between song and British
council as a test reference with high correlation and has a positive relationship.
Therefore, song as a test reference has a positive impact in improving students’
listening ability especially for eighth grade students of UPTD SMPN 2 Bati – bati.