Students’ Experiences In Learning English Vocabulary Independently Through Songs

Songs are currently recognized as one of the most well-known English vocabulary learning media since students cannot be isolated from the influence. Most students, however, still do not completely understand the need to choose suitable songs and obtain beneficial English vocabulary autonomously. This study intends to investigate; (1)What do students consider in selecting songs to learn English vocabulary independently (2) What do aspects of English vocabulary are learned by students from their selected song. This study used a descriptive quantitative survey by distributing an online questionnaire to 173 eighth-grade students at MTs. Darul Ulum Waru Sidoarjo. The findings revealed that; (1)The students considered two principles in selecting songs: first, suitable to their criteria, such as having a relevant theme to their recent feelings, one of the viral songs on their social media, and an attractive song; second, that could be listened to or downloaded through their music streaming service preference like Spotify as it provided complete features; (2)The students in this study believed that they were able to learn two aspects of vocabulary, including word grammar as their verb comprehension was improved and word meaning as they understand the denotative meaning of their selected song thus far. This research is expected to be able to encourage students' enthusiasm to learn English vocabulary independently through songs or other media, so that students are not limited to expand their vocabulary mastery in class