IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY THROUGH A SMARTPHONE
APPLICATION, LEARN ENGLISH WITH MUSIC SONGS: A CASE STUDY
OF THE 1ST
A THESIS
GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA INDONESIA MEMBANGUN
MEDAN
BY
ELYSABETH NABABAN
REG. NO. 110705057
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
Approved by the English Literature Department the Faculty of Cultural Studies
University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as Thesis for the Sarjana Sastra
Examination
Head, Secretary,
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NAME : ELYSABETH NABABAN
TITLE OF THESIS : IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY
THROUGH SMARTPHONE APPLICATION, LEARN
ENGLISH WITH MUSIC SONGS: A CASE STUDY OF
THE 1ST GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA INDONESIA
MEMBANGUN MEDAN
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vii ACKNOWLEGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to Jesus Christ for His
blessings that has given to me the ability, strength and health, so that I can finish my
thesis well.
I would like to thank the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, Dr. H. Syahron
Lubis, M. A also to Drs. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S and Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M. A,
Ph.D. as the Head and Secretary of English Department for all opportunities and
facilities that given to me for all their attentions in all academic affairs.
I would like to express my special my deep gratitude and high appreciation to
my Supervisor, Dr. Roswita Silalahi, Dip. TESOL, M.Hum and my Co-Supervisor,
Drs. Yulianus Harefa, M.Ed. TESOL for their attention, kindness, patience, advice
and valuable suggestion in guiding me during the completing this thesis. I also would
like to thank all the lecturers in the Department of English who have shared their
excessive knowledge and for their contributions during the academic years.
The most gratitude is dedicated to my beloved parents (Mama Murni Gultom
and Bapak Rizaldi Nababan) for praying, supporting, loving, caring and attention
during my study. I also thank to my sisters Lia Margareth, Fanny Sella, my brothers
Andrew Nababan, David Juanda and my brother in law Pardamean Sinaga who
always pray and support me.
Special thanks to all my friends in English Department students 2011,
especially Herta, Febby, Cristine, Raja, Ridho, Ve, and Nova who always give me
spirit, motivation, information and always support me to complete this thesis. And
also thank to my best friend and lover, Alam Wijaya Kusuma Situmeang who always
viii I thank to Rudianto Manik, S.Pd as the headmaster and Nura Afriani, S.S as
English teacher of SMA Indonesia Membangun Medan. And I also thank to Devi
Sigalingging and Widya Sirait who always give me spirit and motivation.
Finally, I realize this thesis still far from perfect. I am waiting for any
constructive critics and suggestions. I hope this thesis will be useful for everyone
who wants to increase the knowledge about improving vocabulary.
Medan, July 10th
The Writer
2015
Elysabeth Nababan
ix ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini berjudul Improving Students’ Vocabulary through a Smartphone
Application, Learn English with Music Songs: A Case Study of 1st Grade Students of
SMA Indonesia Membangun Medan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan kosakata siswa melalui aplikasi smartphone (Learn English with Music Songs). Siswa-siswi memiliki kesulitan dalam mengingat kosakata baru dan bingung untuk mengartikan kosakata. Mereka berpikir bahasa Inggris itu sulit dan membosankan. Untuk meningkatkan kosakata mereka, peneliti menggunakan lagu (Learn English with Music Songs) sebagai media pengajaran untuk membantu siswa dalam meningkatkan kosakata mereka. Skripsi ini adalah tentang bagaimana meningkatkan kosakata siswa melalui aplikasi smartphone, Learn English with Music Songs. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Classroom Action Research. Aplikasi ini terdiri dari dua putaran, yang masing-masing terdiri dari planning, acting, observing dan reflecting. Berdasarkan hasil dari penelitian ini, menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan pada kemampuan kosakata siswa. Itu dapat dilihat dari nilai rata-rata dari try out test (58.67), pre-test (66.53), dan post-test (76.97). Aplikasi Learn English with Music Songs berhasil dalam meningkatkan vocabulary siswa. Peneliti menyarankan kepada Guru bahasa Inggris bahwa mereka seharusnya menggunakan lagu sebagai media dalam mengajarkan kosakata.
x ABSTRACT
This thesis entitled Improving Students’ Vocabulary through a Smartphone
Application, Learn English with Music Songs: A Case Study 1st Grade Students of
SMA Indonesia Membangun Medan. The aim of the study is to improve the students’ vocabulary through a smartphone application (Learn English with Music Songs). The students have difficulties in remembering new vocabulary and confused to understand the vocabulary. The students think that English is difficult and boring. To improve students’ vocabulary, the writer uses songs (Learn English with Music Songs) as teaching media to help the students in increasing their vocabulary. This study is about Improving Students’ Vocabulary through a Smartphone Application,
Learn English with Music Songs: A Case Study of 1st Grade Students of SMA
Indonesia Membangun Medan. The method used in this research is classroom action research. It content of two cycle, each cycle consists of planning, acting, observing and reflecting. Based on the result of this study, shows that there is an improvement on the students’ vocabulary achievement. It can be seen from the mean score of try out test is 58.67, pre-test is 66.53, and post-test is 76.97. Learn English with Music Songs application is success in improving students’ vocabulary at the first grade SMA Indonesia Membangun Medan in the Academic Year 2014/2015. Finally the writer suggests to the teachers that they should use songs as one of media in the teaching vocabulary.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS ...xi
CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION 1.1Background of the Study ...1
1.2Problems of Analysis ...2
1.3The Objectives of Analysis ...3
1.4Scope of Analysis ...3
1.5Significances of Analysis ...4
CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Vocabulary ...5
2.2.1 Techniques in Teaching Vocabulary...6
2.2.2 The Benefit of Vocabulary ...9
2.2Action Research ...9
2.3Smartphone and Application...11
2.3.1 Definition of Smartphone ...11
2.3.2 Definition of Application ...11
2.4 Learn English with Music Songs Application ...12
2.4.1 Definition of Song ...13
2.4.2 Learn English with Music Songs Application as media to teach vocabulary ...14
xii CHAPTER III : METHOD OF RESEARCH
3.1Research Design ...19
3.2 Data Collecting Method ...19
3.2.1 Population and Sample...20
3.2Data Analysis Method ...20
CHAPTER IV : ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 4.1Description of the Data ...24
4.2Discussion ...43
CHAPTER V : CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1Conclusions ...46
5.2Suggestions ...46
