Improving students’ vocabulary mastery through songs (a classroom action research in the fifth grade students of SD Negeri Pajang I Surakarta in the academic year of 2008/2009)
Penulis Utama
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Nur Assalam
NIM / NIP
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K2204040
×ABSTRACT
This study is based on the problems of the low vocabulary mastery of
elementary school student s. It is aimed at knowing whether songs can improve the
students’ vocabulary mastery or not. It also identifies the phenomenon happening
when the teacher conducts vocabulary teaching using songs in the class.
Moreover, this study has purposes to find out the strengths and the weaknesses of
using songs in teaching English vocabulary
Related to the study, the writer conducts an act ion research. The
technique employed in this research is songs. The procedure of the research
consists of ident ifying the problems, planning the act ion, implement ing the act ion,
observing the act ion, reflecting the result of the observat ion, and revising the plan.
The research is conducted in two cycles. The first cycle consists of three meet ings
and the second cycle consists of two meet ings. In collect ing the data, the writer
uses qualitative and quantitative technique. The qualitat ive data come from
observat ion, field notes, photographs, interview, and video recording. The result
of qualitat ive data is analyzed by using Constant Comparat ive Method (CCM). In
quantitat ive method, the writer used tests. The test consists of pre-test and post-
test. The technique to analyze the tests result is by using t-test. In this act ion
research, the writer is as the teacher in teaching and learning process. Meanwhile,
the English teacher is as the observer/collaborator.
The results of this research show that songs can improve students’
vocabulary mastery. The improvement can be seen in the form of students’
behaviour in the class and students’ score. The student s become more act ive in
teaching and learning process. They could easily remember the vocabularies
presented in the class by using songs. The improvement of student s’ score can be
seen from the differences between pre-test and post-test. The mean of the pretest
score is 40.72 and it improves to 52.55 in the first post-test. Based on the analysis
of t-test, is 8.61. At the level of significance α= 0.05, (8.61) > t table =
(2.02), the improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery is significant .
Moreover, the mean of the first post-test score improves to 67.45 in the final post-
test. Based on the analysis of t-test , is 12.12. At the level of significance α=
0.05, (12.12) > t table = (2.02), the improvement of the students’ vocabulary
mastery is significant too. From the test result, it shows that there is a significant
improvement of student s’ vocabulary mastery after the writer conducts the
research. It proves that teaching vocabulary through songs can improve students’
vocabulary mastery.
The result of the research implies that the use of songs in teaching English
in Elementary School is necessary to be applied.
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Penulis Utama
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Nur Assalam
Penulis Tambahan
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NIM / NIP
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K2204040
Tahun
:
2009
Judul
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Improving students’ vocabulary mastery through songs (a classroom action research in the fifth grade students of SD Negeri Pajang I Surakarta in the academic year of 2008/2009)
Edisi
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Imprint
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Surakarta - FKIP - 2009
Program Studi
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S-1 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Kolasi
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Sumber
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UNS-FKIP Jur. Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris-K.2204040-2009
Kata Kunci
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Jenis Dokumen
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Skripsi
ISSN
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ISBN
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Link DOI / Jurnal
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Status
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Public
Pembimbing
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1. Dr. Ngadiso, M.Pd 2. Drs. M. Asrori, M. Pd
Penguji
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Catatan Umum
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3011/2009
Fakultas
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Fak. KIP
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