Student Learning Comparison Using the Song "Dear God" by Avenged Sevenfold to Improve Listening Skills

English is the main language of international communication and world organizations. With the development of information and communication technology, the world has leveled itself so that association is no longer limited by national borders. The 2013 curriculum recognizes the important role of English there are four important aspects of the English language that we should always understand this includes listening, speaking, writing, and reading. Hearing is not the same as listening. But to hear in English is to hear. Songs can also have a positive emotional effect on listeners. Students often say the words of the song when they sing it. It makes students understand the content of the song subconsciouslyThe purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of English songs in improving listening skills in ninth-grade Sultan Agung Srati Junior High School (MTS) in the 2022/2023 school year. In this study, researchers used quantitative research on ninth-grade classes that were taken as population and sample. There were 43 students taken as samples. Based on the results, the use of songs as a medium in teaching listening to ninth-grade students serves to improve listening skills compared to conventional methods.


INTRODUCTION
English is the main language of international communication and world organizations. With the development of information and communication technology, the world has leveled itself so that association is no longer limited by national borders. The 2013 curriculum recognizes the important role of English.
The 2013 curriculum is planned to reflect the 21st-century learning model. Changes in learning from student-to-student learning from various learning sources beyond the boundaries of teachers and educational units. The role of English in this learning model is very central considering that learning resources are more widely used in English compared to other languages.
People who can speak English are now a distinct advantage. The reason is, English is an international language that we always use for various purposes. The use of English today is increasing. So, it is not surprising that English is deeply rooted in the life of every society. To be able to survive in the competition, English language skills must be improved. The role of English as an international language is growing. That is why English is becoming a subject in schools around the world. Then it has experienced very rapid development to the present.
There are four important aspects of the English language that we should always understand.
This includes listening, speaking, writing, and reading. Hearing is not the same as listening. But to hear in English is to hear. When you listen in English, listen. When we hear, we have taken action to catch that voice. Be it verbal or nonverbal. Whether we do it intentionally or unintentionally.
Meanwhile, listening is an action or activity that is almost the same as listening. However, we take this seriously and its purpose is to receive important information. Whether it is what we hear directly from the language or what others read, we hear it.
Listening is the first language skill that students must master because if they can listen well, they will understand what is being said or heard. But teachers cannot avoid the real condition of students who still have many difficulties in listening. Harmer (1991:231), states that instructional listening can pose problems for students. In addition, Swift (2007:16) states that students hate listening to comprehension in class. There are many causes of student listening problems, they can be caused by students, teachers, materials provided, techniques, methods, etc.
In addition, when researchers made initial observations in schools, it was seen that students' motivation to learn to listen was low because most students did not understand what the speaker was saying. There are several ways to solve this problem and one of them is to use songs. It is known that most students are very interested in listening to English songs. It can be printed for one or more sounds and is usually done with instrumental accompaniment. Songs can also have a positive emotional effect on listeners. Students often say the words of the song when they sing it. It makes students understand the content of the song subconsciously. This will eventually develop their active understanding of the songs. The student's ear is used to hearing English songs or dialogues or monologues.
According to Bramasto (2009), the frequency of students listening to English songs is related to their listening ability. He found that listening to English songs was related to listening comprehension because there was a tendency that the higher the listening frequency of students, the higher their listening scores. In addition, when researchers made initial observations in schools, it was seen that students' motivation to learn to listen was low because most students did not understand what the speaker was saying. There are several ways to solve this problem and one of them is to use songs. It is known that most students are very interested in listening to English songs. It can be printed for one or more sounds and is usually done with instrumental accompaniment. Songs can also have a positive emotional effect on listeners. Students often say the words of the song when they sing it. It makes students understand the content of the song subconsciously. This will eventually develop their active understanding of the songs. The student's ear is used to hearing English songs or dialogues or monologues.
According to Bramasto (2009), the frequency of students listening to English songs is related to their listening ability. He found that listening to English songs was related to listening comprehension because there was a tendency that the higher listening frequency of students, the higher their listening scores.
Considering this argument, the researchers found the effectiveness of English songs in listening to lessons. The researchers were interested in researching students' listening skills.
Researchers estimate that there are some issues of interest to students in listening.
Researchers conducted this study to help teachers overcome the problem. In the background, the study focuses on the following topics: 1. Do students listening skills improve significantly after being taught English songs?
2. What problems do students face during the teaching and learning process of listening to English songs?
Listening (Nunan, 2003) means breaking down phonemic sounds into a complete text.
Listening means the ability to understand the meaning of what is heard. This process helps students respond to what is said or said. Besides, listening is effective communication. According to Paul and Jonathan (2008), listening is a skill that is closely related to speaking. In the early stages of language development, listening focuses primarily on the second language. Listening is the first skill we have when it comes to speaking, and we are talking about an ongoing relationship with listening. Because when we listen to other people, we learn new words or phrases to practice what we hear. According to (Bozorgian, 2012) listening is the most important skill in language learning. After all, listening is at the heart of language learning, but learning and understanding are so rare because they are often neglected. Most people find this skill easy. Although this listening skill is the least learned, it is the most used. According to (Brown, 2004) Ziane (2012: 11) listening comprehension is very important in foreign language teaching for many reasons. One reason is that listening is the process by which we receive input, and learning cannot happen without understanding it. Listening is not a casual Student Learning Comparison Using the Song "Dear God" by Avenged Sevenfold to Improve Listening Skills, Silfi Wiladatus Solikhah,Nur Ngazizah Turohmah,Dwi Heriyanto 713 skill, but the process is very complex and indispensable. Its importance derives from the important role it plays in the acquisition of a first or second language.
Singing has been a part of the human experience for as long as we can remember. People use songs every day, in bars, in bathrooms, listening to car radio, etc. Therefore, songs have become an important part of our language experience, and combined with language, songs can be invaluable. The songs usually remain in the minds of the students and nothing else, It is not easy to forget. Therefore, the use of the song in the classroom should be an advantage for teachers as it offers several different activities to practice listening comprehension. Edgar said that a song is a piece of music that is sung whereas according to Futong, a song is a language pack that combines culture, vocabulary, listening comprehension, grammar, and other language skills as a performer in some rhymes. Songs are a good tool to use in the classroom because they allow for relaxed learning and make the teaching and learning process more enjoyable for students. Songs are always combined with music. Music can be an important tool for achieving relaxation and harmony and increasing learning effectiveness. Music is a well-chosen and prescribed way to help students easily acquire and master the material. 7. Listen by distinguishing sound with precise and clear sound. Usually, this can be observed in someone who is learning a foreign language and wants to speak with native speakers.
8. Listening to solve problems creatively. Since the speaker can receive or infer the input, analysis 9. helps solve the problem.

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Persuasive listening, listening persuasively to speakers on questionable topics and opinions.
Saricoban (2000) argues that a plea room environment can make students enjoy and eliminate discomfort when learning the structure of language in a song, let alone the atmosphere The positivity and relaxation that the song brings makes it easier for students to solve problems during learning.
Especially in children who have anxiety disorders or lack confidence, listening to songs can be a learning motivation for students. (Ross, 2006) says that an example of authentic listening material is listening to a song to learn about a band that sang a famous English song. Generally, songs are always played at home, school, office, car, etc. So that we can immediately listen to the song and be interested in knowing the value of the language it contains. Griffe (1992) recommends using short and slow songs for beginners. For students with advanced language skills: long, fast songs that tell stories should be used. The sound of the selected song must be clear and understandable, Don't play too many instruments at high volumes in a song. For this reason, researchers conducted this study intending to know whether listening to English songs is effective for improving student learning outcomes in English lessons, especially in comprehension listening.
Singing has always been part of the human experience. People use songs every day, whether in the bar, in the shower, or while listening to their car radio. That is why songs have become an integral part of the way we experience and use language. Focusing on language is invaluable. Most of the songs are catchy a student's heart is different from other students. It is not easy to forget.
Therefore, the use of lesson songs provides a variety of content and should be useful for teachers' listening practice. Edgar said that singing is music that is sung in bed.
Language packs cover culture, vocabulary, listening, grammar, and more additional language skills of presenters in some poems. song gets a good salary It is used in classes because singing relaxes learning and makes learning easier. This process is more fun for students. Singing is always connected with music. music can be an important tool to achieve something. Relax and harmonize to improve learning efficiency. selected music and organize materials properly so that students can easily acquire and master them. Wiladatus Solikhah,Nur Ngazizah Turohmah,Dwi Heriyanto 715 Researchers used quantitative methods in this study. According to Watson (2015), quantitative is gathering information using numbers to describe certain phenomena. This study focuses on experimental methods to determine the cause and effect of a variable. According to Ramez (2017), experimental research allows researchers to identify causes other than that research can be used to test hypotheses. This study includes two variables. This study uses English pop songs as the independent variable and students' listening skills as the bond variable. The purpose of this study was to observe students. Listening comprehension in an experimental group exposed to English pop music, and the researcher analyzed the students' progress based on the test results.

Research Subjects
The subject of the study was a grade IX student of MTs

Research Instruments
This study used a pre-test and post-test to collect data, which was given to the control class and the experimental class, where the pre-test was given before treatment and the post-test was given after treatment. In the pre-test, researchers gave students 20-25 minutes to answer the 25 questions given. After doing the pre-test, the next step is to do special treatment in the experimental class by playing the song "Dear God" by Avenged Sevenfold during English learning. Learning with this method takes place 2 times a week. While the control class uses conventional learning methods. This is done to compare the effectiveness of the two methods. After the treatment was completed, the researcher gave 25 questions that must be answered by students.  Table 2. Normality Test Output Table   Table 3. Independent Sample T-Test Output Table   Table 4. Homogeneity Test Output

CONCLUSION
Based on these findings and arguments, researchers used a comparative analysis of learning the song "Dear God" by Avenged Sevenfold and listening to English by teachers at MTs Sultan Agung Srati School. Several conclusions about the strategy are drawn.
Researchers divided the class into two classes, namely an experimental class that uses a learning method by listening to English songs and a control class that uses conventional learning methods. The musical instrument used is listening to English songs before and after the exam. Using the method of listening to English songs to improve listening effectiveness and achieve results in learning English grade IX and improve teaching at MTs Sultan Agung Srati. The use of conventional learning methods is not effective in improving student