THE USE OF SPOTIFY APPLICATION ON FIRST YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS’ LISTENING SKILL ABILITY

Maysarah, Moudya and Chairuddin, Chairuddin and Maulana Yusuf, Aditya (2023) THE USE OF SPOTIFY APPLICATION ON FIRST YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS’ LISTENING SKILL ABILITY. STKIP PGRI BANGKALAN.

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Abstract

Listening ability was one of the most important skills to be mastered in learning various languages including English. Based on the curriculum in Indonesia, especially the subject of English, students were expected to be able to understand several conversations where the speakers were native speakers. In fact, Most Indonesian students were experiencing some difficulties in understanding the points in the conversation due to various reasons mainly due to the impact of online learning during the pandemic. Based on this case, researcher was interested in conducting research related to this case using the music application, Spotify, for first-year college students at STKIP PGRI Bangkalan. The purpose of this study was to describe the implementation of the Spotify application as a learning media, and to describe students' responses to the Spotify application. This study used a qualitative approach to collect and analyze the data obtained. There were several results from this study which had answered research questions. Here were some of the main findings in the research: the application had a positive impact on students, students improved their listening skills so they finally understood the essence or get the point of the conversations, their vocabulary increased which played an important role in the process of understanding conversations, and Spotify was the recommended online music application for learning media.

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