JET (Journal of English Teaching)
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2012): Journal of English Teaching

Enriching Students' Vocabulary Using English Pop Songs

Limbong, Roimma (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Oct 2012

Abstract

This study aimed at enriching kindergarten students' English vocabulary at Singa School, Jakarta. The participants were 21 students of the K-2 grade. The action research was conducted in two cycles, in which the participants were taught vocabulary by using pop-songs. The quantitative data, collected using tests, and the qualitative data, collected using observation and document study techniques indicated that the use of pop-songs enriched the participants' vocabulary, as shown by the increase of the mean scores of the tests conducted, i.e. 33.57 (in the pre-test) to 50 ( post-test of Cycle I) to and 80 (post-test of Cycle II). The t-tests in the two cycles resulted in tcount (7.087)>ttable (1.725) and tcount (9.216) >ttable (1.725, respectively. Based on the findings, it could be concluded that the use of pop-songs was effective to enrich kindergarten students' vocabulary.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jet

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Teaching (JET) is a professional, double blind peer-reviewed international journal devoted to promoting dissemination of scholarly knowledge and exchange of academic research and professional findings on all aspects of second or foreign language (L2) learning and teaching. Due ...