ABSTRAK
The research aims to know (1) can the use of songs improve the students’
vocabulary mastery and (2) what are the students’ attitudes toward the use of
songs to improve their vocabulary mastery.
The population of this research was the fifth grade students of SDIT
Luqman Al Hakim Mojosongo, Surakarta. 5A class was selected as the subject of
the classroom action research. It was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle
consisted of: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The qualitative data were
collected through interview, observation, documentation and diary; whereas the
quantitative data were collected by conducting test.
The result shows that (1) the use of songs could improve the students’
vocabulary mastery. The improvement of students’ achievement is shown in the
vocabulary mastery test which had developed mean score. The mean score of
vocabulary mastery test increased from 52.06 in the pre-test, 66.84 in test 1, and
77.61 in the post-test. (2) The students’ attitude toward the use of songs to
improve their vocabulary mastery is: a) all the students pay attention to the lesson
without did improper activity; b) all the students get enthusiastically involved in
the songs activities.
Song is an alternative teaching method that benefits both to students’
achievement and students’ attitude toward the learning activity. As the suggestion,
the teacher should consider Song as an interesting and appropriate teaching media
to teach language, especially English. Based on such findings as presents above, it
is also hoped that Song can be implemented in teaching other English skill.
Keywords: vocabulary mastery, songs, classroom action research
