Teaching Vocabulary to High School Students Through You Raise Me Up Song

Abstract

The objective of the research was to find out whether the song lyrics would be able to improve students’ vocabulary ofMTs Swasta Darul Ilmi Batang Kuis. There were several problem faced by students in having a good vocabulary, namely if low vocabulary mastery make them unable to express their ideas in English. One of the reason as causes of this obstacle was the teaching technique was used by teacher in learning English vocabulary. So, the researcher tried to implement some techniques to improve English vocabulary. The technique was song lyrics technique.Song is an interesting media that offers the high imagination and gives motivation and makes the relation between the teacher and students closer. This research used experimental method which was done in three procedures. Each procedure consists of pre-test, treatment and post-test. The sample divided into two groups, 17 students as experimental group was taken from IX-5 and 17 students as control group was taken from IX-5. In collecting the data, the researcher used test (pre-test and post-test), observation and documentation. The instrument of this research was Objective test and multiple choice. The result of the research in experimental group was higher of the students pre-test result is 65 and the lowest one is 45 , the higher of the students post-test result is 95 and the lowest one is 55. The mean of experimental group is 28,11 and 11,27 standard deviation and the result of the research in control group the higher of the students pre-test result is 70 and the lowest one is 45, the higher of the students post-test result 90 and the lowest one was 55. The mean of control group is 22,35 and 12,49 standard deviation.