ELT-Lectura
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2014): ELT-Lectura Studies and Perspective in English Language Teaching

USING SONGS IN THE SPEAKING CLASS: Improving Students’ Abilities in a Relaxing Way.

Dahler Dahler (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Feb 2014

Abstract

This Classroom Action Research (CAR) aimed to find out whether students’ activities through song can be used as media for improving the students speaking skill. The participants of this study were 21 students of English department, Lancang Kuning University academic year 2012/2013. This present study conducted in two cycles, and each of the cycle had four meetings during April - Mei 2012. After analyzing the data, it was found that the activities through song improved the students’ speaking skill and influenced all indicators of speaking skill in term of accent, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Furthermore, it built up the students’ confidence and participation in class. The researcher concluded that the students’ activities through song can improve the students’ speaking skill.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ELT-Lectura

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ELT-Lectura is a biannual publication journal published in the months of February and August; it presents articles on English Language Teaching (ELT), whether as a second, additional, or foreign language, or as an international Lingua Franca. The Journal links the everyday concerns of practitioners ...