Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Vocabulary as one of language aspects plays an important role in language learning. increasing the vocabulary building is generally considered to be an important part of both learning a language and improving one's skill in a language. songs are effective forms or practice because songs are easy to learn. easy to remember and they can be enjoyed. song can brighten up the english class and vary the routine of learning. song activities for elementary school students always have positive results. the sample of this study is the sample of this study is the elementary students, taken from son 24 banda aceh, at the level sixth grade. the total number of students is 40. in analyzing this thesis. it used z-score in order to get the score of vocabulary test for the material representation before using song and material representation after song. the z-score is measured after getting the mean and standard deviation. the mean of material representation before using song is 56. 75 while after using song is 74.98. the standard deviation before using song is 17,25 and after using song is 12,98. the z-score between test i and test ii is 6,79. from the analysis of the test, it is obtained that the result of tests after using song in teaching material is higher than before using song in teaching materials. for english teachers, it is suggested to use songs to avoid the bored and monotonous teaching classroom and to make more active learning-teaching process.