THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS' HABIT OF LISTENING TO ENGLISH SONGS AND THEIR VOCABULARY MASTERY AT THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY

The purpose of this research was to examine the correlation between students’ habit of listening to English songs and their vocabulary mastery at the English Department of Bung Hatta University. This research used a correlational design. The population was all English Department students at Bung Hatta University. The total sampling technique was used. Therefore, all 30 students in the population became the sample. The instruments for collecting data were a questionnaire about students’ listening habits and a vocabulary test.
Based on the data analysis, it was found that the rcalculated value was 0.340. it means there is a low correlation between research variables. Since the rtable value at the 0.05 significance level and degree of freedom (df = n–2) was 0.361, it can be stated that rcalculated was lower than rtable (0.340 < 0.361), it means there was no significant relationship between students’ habit of listening to English songs and their vocabulary mastery.
Consequently, the null hypothesis, which stated that there is no significant correlation between the habit of listening to English songs and vocabulary mastery, was accepted. This suggests that listening to English songs, although commonly thought to help in learning English, does not significantly relate to students’ vocabulary mastery. One possible reason is that the words in songs are often repeated, informal, or context-specific, making them less effective for vocabulary building. Additionally, many students may listen to songs merely for entertainment without focusing on the lyrics or the meanings of the words.