CHAPTER IV INTRODUCTION

The writer chooses the students of vocational school as the subject of the research because they can be categorized as teenage learners, and teenage learner usually like songs, game and something fun. An expert argues that teenage students are good language learners. Psychologically, they have been able to control their emotions. Teenagers, if they are engaged, have a great capacity to learn, a great potential for creativity, and a passionate commitment to thing which interest them. Furthermore students of vocational school are prepared to the real work world, they have to have good speaking skill for their communication with everyone. In this thesis, the writer tries to find out if there is significant correlation between habit in singing and listening to English songs, vocabulary mastery and speaking skill. The writer wants to learn if there is significant correlation between habit in singing and listening to English songs, the vocabulary mastery and the speaking skill. The writer just wants to investigate the contribution of students' habit in singingand listening to English songs, vocabulary mastery for their speaking skill. Therefore the results of this studycan be used as approach to teach speaking, especially for vocational school students. Based on the above description, the writer wants to carry out research to know whether there is a positive correlation between the students' habitin singing and listening to English songs,vocabulary mastery and their speaking skill, especially for the eleventh grade student of SMK X. B. Problem Identification Based on the background, the writer finds some problems, as follows : 1. Is there any correlation between habit in singing and listening to English songs and vocabulary mastery? 2. Is there any correlation between habit in singing and listening to English songs and speaking skill? 3. Is there any correlation between habit in singing and listening to English songs and reading skill?