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Abstract name : ridhayatullah student no. : 1509200080003 department/program : english education/graduate title : the influence of using english songs on the students’ achievement in pronouncing english words (an experimental study at the first grade students of smp islam cendekia aceh besar) keywords: influence, students, english songs, pronunciation this research is aimed at identifying the influence of using english songs on students’ achievement in pronouncing english words at smp islam cendekia aceh besar academic year 2018/2019. the population of this research is all vii grade students. the sample of the research is divided into 31 students of the experimental group and 32 students of the control group. the experimental group was taught by using english songs technique while the control group was not taught by using english songs. this research is experimental research. the data were taken from an oral test method or sound of production and questionnaire which were given in the learning process. the result of the research shows that the english songs technique can influence the students’ achievement in pronouncing english words. it is concluded from the post-test that there is a statistical difference in the mean between the experimental and control groups. the mean score of the experimental group is 81.51 and the mean score of the control group is 60.37. it means that the mean score of the experimental group is higher that of the control group. it also indicates an improvement in students’ pronunciation after the students were taught by english songs technique, which was proven by the result of z-test, in which z-score (9.05) is higher than the critical value (1.96).