Skripsi
English singing habits and pronunciation skills of petra christian High School students: a correlational study / Hensa Pradianti
Abstrak
Studies on the effect of singing habits on pronunciation are still limited especially at the senior high school level. This study aims to determine the statistically significant positive influence of students rsquo English singing habit and their pronunciation ability among Petra Christian Senior High School students in the academic year 2024/2025. The researcher used a quantitative approach with a correlational design. Using Pearson Correlation and supported by Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) the researcher surveyed 30 students from first second and third grades at Petra Christian Senior High School Malang to ensure greater accuracy and representativeness of the research results. The researcher used a questionnaire and a pronunciation test to collect the data. The analysis results of this study show that the Pearson Correlation was 0.183 and the R-squared values from PLS-SEM were 0.190 and 0.294 indicating a weak positive correlation and a modest relationship between students rsquo English singing habits and pronunciation ability. Furthermore the significance of the hypothesis testing is 0.333 according to Pearson and 0.381 and 0.338 according to PLS-SEM which is higher than 0.05. Thus it can be concluded that Ho was accepted and Ha was rejected. In other words no statistically significant correlation exists between the habit of singing English songs and the ability to pronounce English. Therefore future researchers are advised to obtain larger samples to achieve meaningful statistical results then strictly confirm participants rsquo willingness so they can make valuable contributions and more importantly they should explore further testing and refinement to develop more appropriate types of instruments used.