THE EFFECT OF USING SPOTIFY PLAYLIST APPLICATION INTO STUDENT’S VOCABULARY MASTERY AT SMP NEGERI 10 MEDAN

Abstract

Vocabulary as the basic to speak with other people is very important. By having many vocabularies, people can communicate with other people fluently. Spotify Playlist application was used to increase students' vocabulary achievement. The objective of this study was to find out The Effect of Using Spotify Playlist Application into Student's Vocabulary Mastery at SMP N 10 Medan. This study was carried out by Experimental quantitative research. The object of this study was the second grade Students at SMP N 10 Medan. It consisted of 40 students which included two groups, the experimental group and the control group. Spotify Playlist was used to teach the Experimental group, while conventional strategy was used to teach the Control group. The instrument of data collection was reorder the words, drag and drop vocabulary test with 25 items. The mean of the students' scores for the pre-test in the experimental group was 62,55 and the mean of the post-test in the experimental group was 80,2 while the mean for the pre-test in the control group was 61.45, and the mean for the post-test was 73.45. The calculation revealed that the reliability was 5.479. The T-test formula was used to analyze the data. The calculation revealed that t-observed (5,479) was greater than t-table (2,026) at the level of significance (a) 0,05 and with a degree of freedom (d) of 38. It means that Spotify Playlist Application had a significant effect on students' vocabulary mastery. So Ha was accepted.