English Songs Research Articles

Pengaruh Penggunaan Lagu Anak-Anak Terhadap Peningkatan Kosakata Bahasa Inggris Siswa Kelas 1 SD

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of children's songs in increasing English vocabulary for grade 1 elementary school students. With the classroom action research method (PTK), this study was conducted in three cycles which included the planning, implementation, observation, and reflection phase. The research subjects were 13 students in grade 1 in SD Negeri 067097, Medan Barat District, Medan City. Data is collected through observation and documentation studies. The results showed that the use of children's songs in learning English had a positive impact on increasing student vocabulary. The percentage of learning completeness increased significantly from pre-cycle (33.33%), cycle I (53.84%), to cycle II (69.22%). In addition, this method also increases student motivation and interest in learning, providing a fun learning alternative, and helping teachers in improving the quality of teaching. This study contributed a positive to the practice of teaching English at the basic level by utilizing media close to the world of children, such as songs.

Improving Simple Past Tense Mastery Used in Recount Text Through the Use of English Songs at the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Negeri 2 Sigi

The objective of this research is to prove that the use of English songs can improve simple past tense mastery used in recount text. The researcher used quasi experimental research design. The population of this research is the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 2 Sigi, and the samples were the students of XI IPS 2 and XI IPS 4 with the total number of students is 53. The researcher applied purposive random sampling technique. The data were collected through the complement test that consisted of pre-test and post-test. The data were analyzed statistically in order to find out the significant difference of the students’ achievement before and after treatments. The mean score of the pretest of experimental group is 33.78, while the control group is 32.04. The mean score of the posttest of experimental group 74.74, and the control group is 42.27. After analyzing the data t-counted (15.98) is greater than t-table (1.676) by applying 0.05 level of significance and 51 degree of freedom (df). Based on the result of research, it means that the hypothesis is accepted. In conclusion, using English songs can improve students’ simple past tense mastery used in recount text of the eleventh grade at SMA Negeri 2 Sigi

An English Teacher’s Perception on Students’ Difficulties in Pronunciation

This research aims to determine teachers’ perception on students’ difficulties in pronunciation. The researcher used a qualitative approach and conducted with a semi-structure interview for this research. The data resource in this research was an English teacher that teach grade 7,8, and 9 SMP Sanur Makassar. It was obtained from interview with 9 questions and the English teacher as the respondent. The result of the research concluded that: teachers perceive that on average students have low pronunciation skills, this is influenced by the fact that English is a different language from students' everyday language, students' lack of self-confidence, and students believe that English is the most difficult language. With this challenge, teachers overcome it by giving students motivation, giving students pronunciation practice with friends or groups so that students can be directly involved in activities to improve pronunciation skills. In addition, teachers provide media such as videos and songs in English, so that students can imitate the correct pronunciation of native speakers. The media used by the teacher have a positive impact on the students' pronunciation. difficulties in pronunciation of English can be caused by interference from the student's first language. In addition, in the context of English learning, teachers who understand students' difficulties in understanding and pronouncing sounds can influence the teaching methods they apply. This shows that teachers' perceptions of students' pronunciation abilities can influence the learning approaches they use. Assessing students' pronunciation skills is an important aspect of language education. Furthermore, research has shown that teachers' observations and interactions with students on a daily basis can provide reliable information about students' pronunciation abilities and students demonstrated varying levels of improvement in their pronunciation when speaking English. In conclusion, the data collected by the researcher and the findings are influence of teachers' perceptions on their learning approaches and emphasize the importance of understanding students' pronunciation abilities. This highlights the need for effective pronunciation instruction and assessment methods in language education.Keywords: Teachers’ Perception, Pronunciation.

Using English Songs to Motivate the Senior High School Students to Learn English Vocabulary

This study aims to find out how English teachers use song to motivate students to learn English. This research took place at SMA Negeri 27 Bone, Bone regency, South Sulawesi. The participants taken by the researchers were students of class XI IPA, with a total of 7 students. Researchers used a qualitative descriptive method with a purposive sampling technique in selecting participants. The research instruments were observation and interviews. Based on the results of observations and interviews, the researchers found that students were very enthusiastic when learning while listening to songs and their vocabulary increased because they found many new words in the lyrics of the song, as a result they were very motivated again to learn English. Furthermore, the researcher concluded that learning English using song media can increase students' motivation and increase their vocabulary. Keywords— Motivation, Vocabulary and Songs Media

Harmonious learning: songs in English for ESP

Abstract The ubiquitous nature and diffusion of songs sung in English has meant that a great number of EFL and ESP students are listening to English and acquiring some notions about the language almost subconsciously. Such songs have also been incorporated into English as an L2 practice for, probably, almost as long as English has been taught as a foreign language. However, sometimes they are used as filler exercises or only as an exercise to keep the students happy. Slowly, songs have been gaining more acceptance as a valid didactic tool to be used in various moments of the general English L2 lesson and for various functions (Tegg 2018). This article reports on a project to use songs in English for Specific purposes lessons at an Italian university with students of two Master degree courses (Social Work and Social Policy; Sociology and Social Research). During the English modules, songs from various artists were specifically chosen and language-learning exercises devised around them to be used in almost every lesson for different learning objectives: these included introducing a new subject, presenting and revising grammar, learning individual words or short phrases including idiomatic expressions, as lead-ins to discussions. At the end of the course, the students completed a questionnaire aimed at eliciting their opinions about the use of songs in ESP lessons. The results indicate that the use of popular songs is an effective tool in an ESP lesson and that their inclusion can help motivate students as well as help them learn.

Students’ Perception Toward English Vocabulary Learning Through Listening To English Song

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana persepsi siswa dalam mempelajari kosakata bahasa Inggris melalui mendengarkan lagu-lagu berbahasa Inggris. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kualitatif yang berfokus pada studi kasus. Observasi dan wawancara digunakan sebagai alat pengumpulan data. Data yang telah diperoleh dianalisis melalui analisis tematik. Penelitian ini diikuti oleh 5 siswa kelas 10 dan 11 Smk Suryacipta. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa siswa mempunyai respon yang positif dan semangat yang tinggi dalam belajar serta siswa merasa terbantu dengan adanya lagu untuk pengetahuan kosa kata walaupun masih ada beberapa siswa yang merasa kesulitan dalam menggunakannya. Kesimpulannya, lagu merupakan media pembelajaran alternatif yang baik bagi siswa dalam mempelajari kosa kata bahasa Inggris.

A case study of EFL students’ perceptions on the use of English songs in learning English vocabulary

The researchers observed that the difficulty faced by students at the time was the difficulty of memorizing new vocabulary, which hindered the progress of their language skills, specifically in learning English. This study aimed to understand students’ perspectives on using English song lyrics for vocabulary mastery. Using a qualitative method where questionnaires and interviews were used as the instruments, the study found some important points related to students’ perceptions of using English songs. The study found that the use of English songs improves students’ English vocabulary mastery and pronunciation despite the challenges they face when listening to English songs. Through the challenge, students found two ways of coping with the challenges that teachers need to take into account when teaching using English songs. Some limitations and future research suggestions are also explained.

UTILIZING ENGLISH SONGS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ LISTENING SKILL

Listening is one of the four basic skills that students must master before learning a foreign language. According to Elmetaher (2021) listening can be a challenge because listening is a complex process. In addition, students have difficulties in listening English. The teacher should be found an appropriate learning strategy to improve students’ listening skills. Therefore, the research aims to determine the significant improvement of utilizing English songs to improve students' listening skills. Songs can create more interesting learning atmosphere. The populations of the research were tenth grade in one of the senior high schools in Tangerang and the samples were 30 students in the experimental class and 30 students in the control class. The research used quasi-experimental design. The writers used pre-test and post-test in each class to get the data. The writers used multiple choice test with three indicators contained. The indicators were word perception, word recognition, and comprehension. The collected data were analyzed by using independent sample t-test. The result of this research is there is a significant improvement. In conclusion, utilizing English songs can improve students' listening skills.

Autonomous Learning Strategies to Improve the Speaking Skills of the EFL University Students

This research is entitled "Autonomous Learning Strategies to Improve Speaking Skills of the Fifth Semester English Students of Widya Mandira Catholic University". The research questions were: 1) What are the types of Autonomous Learning Strategies used by the fifth-semester English students of Widya Mandira Catholic University to improve their speaking skills? 2) What are the most common mobile application forms used autonomously to improve the speaking skills of the fifth-semester English students of Widya Mandira Catholic University? 3) How are these strategies used as an effort to improve the speaking skills of the fifth-semester English students of Widya Mandira Catholic University? This study aims to find the types of autonomous learning strategies to improve speaking skills, the most common mobile application used to improve speaking, and to find out how the existing strategies are to improve the speaking skills of English students. This research employed a descriptive qualitative method. The instrument used in this research was an online questionnaire that involved a sample of 24 English students. The findings of this research were the type of learning strategy most often used by students was listening to English songs to improve their speaking skills and YouTube was the first application that students always used in independent learning and the students' efforts were to continue learning, making schedules, and setting goals and being consistent in the study.

Ideology of rap music and its linguistic representation in the lyrics of English song discourse

The article gives characteristics of rap as a music style and considers the process of its birth and formation of its ideology in late 1970-ies – early 1980-ies within the framework of a wider subcultural trend known as hip-hop. The main ideological principles of the early rap in the interpretation of one of its principal ideologists Africaa Bambaataa, as well as their linguistic representation in song lyrics are given. Further on, the article discusses such an important principle of rap ideology as its protest nature, which is also illustrated with fragments from song lyrics. Special emphasis is laid on anti-commercial nature of rap, which is also reflected in its lyrics. After that the principle of reliance on one’s community, also extremely important for understanding the ideological foundation of this music style, is discussed and provided with examples. Then the article presents and illustrates the principle of freedom, which has a very broad understanding in rap ideology. Distinction between «conscious rap» and «gangster rap» is made and the ideological principles of «gangsta rap» are presented and illustrated with examples from song lyrics. The final part discusses the reasons for rap’s popularity and the conclusion summarise the main points of the article.

The usage of a song discourse as a source for precedent names during English lessons (based on «We Didn't Start the Fire»)

The usage of a song discourse as a source for precedent names during English lessons (based on «We Didn't Start the Fire»)

Students Perception on the use of Social Media in Learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL)

ABSTRACT
 The purpose of this research is to find out the students’ perceptions of using social media in learning English as a foreign language (EFL). The descriptive qualitative method and the random sampling technique were used in this research. The participants in this research were third-semester students of the English Education Department at the University of Mataram, and the instruments used were questionnaires and interviews. The result of this research showed positive perceptions. The positive perception is that they think social media are helpful and make it easy to learn English because social media are easy to access anywhere and everywhere, and the negative perception is that students think social media are effective but sometimes often create misunderstandings. Kinds of social media that students often use are YouTube, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Those applications are chosen because of their popularity and their ability to provide an endless amount of English input to them. The ways students use social media to learn English are by communicating with their friends to practice their language or joining the English group from their account, watching videos, listening to songs in English, and they also follow some accounts to learn English. The last advantage, after using social media to learn English, is to improve their English skills, especially vocabulary, grammar, etc. The challenges identified are truthfulness/or validity of information from social media, and the frequent distracting content that makes students forget their original intent of learning when using the social media.

The Impact of English-Speaking Films and Songs on English Language Acquisition

This study investigates the effectiveness of immersion and entertainment in the process of language acquisition, with a specific focus on the utilisation of English films and songs. The statement emphasises the educational value of films, which utilise visual clues and storytelling to facilitate comprehension. It also specifies genres that are particularly helpful for English language learning. An investigation of popular English songs explores the impact of rhythm, repetition, and personal involvement in language acquisition. The cultural observations offered by these media types emphasise the significance of cultural environment in the process of acquiring knowledge. The text explores the challenges associated with relying only on entertainment for language acquisition and emphasises the importance of incorporating traditional learning approaches. The resource provides practical advice for learners and presents case examples of successful language acquisition via films and music, offering a thorough perspective on this language learning strategy.

An Analysis of the Translation of English Songs From the Perspective of Functional Equivalence Theory: A Case Study of Taylor Swift's Songs

An Analysis of the Translation of English Songs From the Perspective of Functional Equivalence Theory: A Case Study of Taylor Swift's Songs

Techniques Used by Primary Teachers when Using English as Medium of Instruction in Rubavu District, Rwanda

Rwanda is an endoglossic country where Kinyarwanda is the first language and mother tongue of Rwandans. Since English was implemented as Medium of instruction (MoI), most teachers with Kinyarwanda and French background get challenges due to teaching in a new language. They had a lower level of proficiency in English and shortage of teaching resources. This study aimed at investigating techniques used by Primary teachers when teaching in English as MoI and its impacts on learners’ academic performance of many other subjects which are taught through English. The study was conducted in Rubavu District, Rwanda. The entire target population was 300 people comprised of teachers and head teachers. The researchers sampled 62 persons. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample 10 primary schools according to their geographical location and 10 head teachers respectively. The selection of teachers used stratified sampling technique for 52 teachers, where two strata were considered namely new teachers and more experienced teachers. In data collection, the researchers used questionnaire for teachers and interview guide for head teachers. Both descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were used when analyzing the findings. The key findings of 100% (52) showed that they used teaching aids and oral activities. 13.4% (7) of the respondents strongly disagreed that use of code switching for teachers facilitate them as speakers to change linguistic code that maintain or destroy interpersonal relationships when teachers teach in English. Amongst techniques used by primary teachers were, stories in English, English songs, games, code switching, role play and use of charts, pictures and books as teaching aids. However, the teachers did not use poem recitation, impromptu speech, classroom presentations and group discussions when teaching their subjects in English. The study concluded that teaching techniques are still paramount to facilitate both teacher and learner’s betterment of the academic performance in all subjects that are taught in English as MoI. The researchers drew some recommendations to different educational stakeholders such as policy makers including government, ministry of education and many other Educational stakeholders to intensify the in service-trainings on English proficiency to the teachers as their second language with aim of empowering them to be familiar with English and interact with pupils in English through role plays and dialogues. The policy makers have to offer teachers different facilities including teaching aids and other resources to support them when teaching in English as a MoI.

The Improving Student’s Vocabulary through Rewriting English Song Lyric “The Shawn Mendes Foundation Playlist”

The research investigates the efficacy of using English song lyrics, specifically drawn from Shawn Mendes' album "The Shawn Mendes Foundation Playlist," to enhance vocabulary skills among tenth-grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Comal. Employing a quantitative experimental approach, the research involved 70 students divided into experimental and control groups, undergoing pre-tests and post-tests to gauge vocabulary improvement. Results indicated a significant enhancement in vocabulary scores among students in the experimental group exposed to the treatment of rewriting English song lyrics. Conversely, the control group exhibited mixed outcomes, with some students experiencing declines, while others maintained or slightly improved their scores. Despite encountered difficulties in comprehending song lyrics and articulating ideas, proposed solutions included frequent exposure to English songs and active engagement in predicting song meanings. The findings underscore the potential of utilizing song lyrics, particularly from popular albums, as a valuable pedagogical tool for fostering vocabulary development in English language learning settings, thus advocating for their integration into language curricula.

IMPACT OF ENGLISH SONG IN VOCABULARY LEARNING : A PRE-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AT A JUNIOR ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL

Pre-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test was used in this study to determine whether there is any positive or negative effect on students' vocabulary mastery after they are taught using English songs. This study's instruments were a written vocabulary test and a field note. The researchers employed English songs combined with a Vocabulary self-collection (VSS) technique in the treatment to improve students' vocabulary acquisition. The mean pre-test score for 39 students in the eighth grade at an Islamic junior high school was 48,71, and the mean post-test score was 80, 89. The mean results of the pre-test and post-test demonstrated a significant improvement in students' vocabulary mastery. The t-test's p-value (sig-2-tailed) was 0.00, which is less than 0.05. This outcome indicated that Ho was refused but Ha was authorized. It was able to prove that gaining vocabulary in the eighth grade of an Islamic junior high school utilizing an English song and VSS had a positive impact on students' vocabulary mastery. The main teaching implication of this study is that when an English song is combined with specific teaching and learning objectives and supported by learning assessment through VSS, it might assist students in learning English vocabulary effectively.

Improving Students Speaking Ability with English Song

Language impacts the daily lives of members of any race, creed, and region of the world. Especially in Indonesia, beside Bahasa Indonesia, most the people using English as a part of their education. The use of songs can facilitate the students in more interesting learning activities because learners can get a different learning experience when it can be implemented by teachers effectively. The songs also can analyze the many issues in the lyrics, such as love, hatred, and revenge, and therefore practice speaking by expressing their thoughts and views on the songs' contents. The research carried out is descriptive qualitative, the data in the research collected was information about children's speaking abilities with English songs. Research data was collected from various sources including informants or sources, namely teachers and students. Based on the processed data that the author has described in the discussion; it can be concluded that using songs to improve English language skills is an effective way because songs are easy to find in students' lives. Apart from that, songs are also easy for students to understand and memorize. Using songs can help students develop their listening and pronunciation skills, which can also increase their vocabulary.

Tertiary Students’ Perspectives on the Use of English Songs and Podcasts on Spotify in Improving Listening Skills

The use of multimedia tools has proven beneficial for teaching basic English language skills in our present day. Several studies have demonstrated the result of using one of the media platforms, such as Spotify, where English songs and podcasts can help students learn and develop their listening skills. Despite its efficacy, few researchers have investigated students' attitudes to listening skills using English songs or podcasts on Spotify. The study examines students' perceptions of enhancing their listening skills through Spotify songs and podcasts. Over the academic year 2023/2024, this research was carried out at the Department of English Language Education, UIN Jakarta, with the participation of 10 first-year students. Qualitative description methods have been used in this survey, with data collected from questionnaires and presented by descriptive statistical analyses. The results show that most first-year English Education Department students think that English songs on Spotify are much more effective or beneficial than podcasts for enhancing listening comprehension.

IMPROVING STUDENTS VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH LISTENING SONG

The objective of this research is to explore the enhancement of vocabulary proficiency through listening to songs in Class XI-A at MA Bina Islam Tanah Grogot. The research employs the Classroom Action Research Method (CAR) and involves 18 students. Data collection includes activity observations, documentation, and tests. In the pre-test stage, the average score was 65.05, with a learning perfection rate of 38.88%. In the first cycle, students exhibited an average score increase to 74.27, achieving a learning excellence rate of 61.11%. The overall average score in the second cycle reached 84.38, with a total learning excellence rate of 94.44%. Despite improvements, observations indicate that some students still struggle with vocabulary mastery, and not all students clearly comprehend the songs played. Nevertheless, in the second cycle, students demonstrated an enhanced ability to boost their vocabulary proficiency using English songs. The findings indicate an overall improvement in the vocabulary mastery of Class XI-A students at MA Bina Islam Tanah Grogot through the incorporation of English songs.