TEACHING ENGLISH VOCABULARY USING SONGS TO THE THIRD GRADERS OF NGADIRGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL- 01, MIJEN

Abstract

Abstract

One of the things that is essential to English is vocabulary. A language's vocabulary is also its core. Therefore, regardless of how well someone knows a language's grammar, pronunciation, and other elements, communication cannot occur meaningfully without a large vocabulary (Nathan, 2013). Vocabulary instruction should therefore begin with young pupils as soon as feasible because it will aid in their learning of the English language. This study set intended to explain the steps involved in teaching English vocabulary using songs and investigate how doing so can help students become more proficient in English. With a sample size of 25 students, this study used qualitative research and included observation, pre-test, treatment, post-test, documentation. Method of data analysis used in this study is the Milles and Huberman (1994) model with the following stages: data reduction, data display, conclusion and verification. This study showed that it effectively increases pupils' vocabulary by employing media songs. The computation results reveal that the post-test scores (96,8%) improved and were higher than the pre-test scores (26.4%). This demonstrates the effectiveness of using songs to aid pupils in developing their vocabulary.

Keywords: vocabulary, teaching using songs, teaching vocabulary