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PENGARUH PODCAST SPOTIFY TERHADAP KETERAMPILAN MENDENGAR SISWA KELAS IX SMP KARTIKA 1-5 PEKANBARU
This study was designed to determine the effect of using Spotify podcasts on The study examined the impact of podcast Spotify on the listening skills of ninth grade students at SMP Kartika 1-5 in Pekanbaru. The back- ground of this study was based on students’ difficulty comprehending English The study also addressed the limited vocabulary and lack of learning media that provide authentic exposure. This study employed a true experimental design with two groups: experimental group, which was taught using Spotify podcasts, and a control group, which was taught using conventional listening materials. Each group consisted of 15 students. A listening A listening test was administered before and after the treatment to measure student improvement. ment. The results showed that the mean score of the experimental group increased , rising from 59.8 in the pre-test to 80.4 in the post-test. The paired sample t-test indicated a significance value of A significance value of 0.000 was obtained, which was lower than 0.05. This means that the The null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected, and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. It can be concluded that using the Spotify podcast has a significant positive effect on Students' listening skills in the ninth grade at SMP Kartika 1-5 in Pekanbaru.
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