AN ANALYSIS OF VOCABULARY LEARNING ABILITIES USING A SONG IN TENTH-GRADE STUDENTS OF WIDYA DARMA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

Every school has many problems with vocabulary. First, the students are too lazy to study vocabulary because they think English is a foreign language. Second, the students cannot memorize vocabulary well. Third, they felt difficulty facing tests because they just had a little basic vocabulary. The song is words that are sung, and besides, in music, the song also appears in plays, musical plays, and stage shows of any form. The study problem in this research is divided into How are the students' scores in vocabulary before being taught using a song? How are the students' vocabulary scores after being taught using a song? And, is there any significant difference in students' vocabulary scores before and after being taught by using a song? The research design used in this study is a pre-experimental research design with a quantitative approach. Experimental research aims to test hypotheses to establish cause-and-effect relationships. This research used a pre-experimental design because they provide little or no control of extraneous variables in the form of a one-group pretest-posttest design. This research shows significant differences in students' vocabulary mastery before and after being taught using a song. The advantages above imply that using a song positively affects students' vocabulary ability. Thus, it can be concluded that the use of a song is effective toward students' vocabulary ability, and it is to be used in teaching vocabulary, precisely in the tenth grade of students at SMA Widya Darma Surabaya.