DRILLING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY BY ENGLISH SONG MINI LYRIC COLLABORATION AT SMKN 2 SINGARAJA

Abstract

Vocabulary is the most basic component of language; without a variety of terms and phrases, students cannot communicate in the target language, either orally or in written form. Students’ vocabulary needs to be expanded over time; they need to learn new words and phrases in manageable chunks and they also need sufficient practice with these words and phrases before they can accept new ones. This study is focused on 1) the describing the implementation of drilling students’ vocabulary by English songs MiniLyrics collaboration in learning process, 2) Identifying whether English songs MiniLyrics collaboration improve student’s pronunciation. Then, the data are from the XI A 5, Culinary Class of SMKN 2 Singaraja students and the object of the study is improving student’s pronunciation skill by using English songs MiniLyrics collaboration at SMKN 2 Singaraja. The implementation of English songs MiniLyrics collaboration technique conducted by using classroom action research (CAR) by  Hopkins (1993:52) in Handayani (2011). Teaching vocabulary using English song Minilyric collaboration is of the creative and innovative teaching. English songs MiniLyrics collabration is a new modified and easier using to improve student’s pronunciation. The result showed that The average result of the pre-test and post-test shows the significant improvement. The average of pre-test score is 58.90 while average of the last post-test score is 100. The students’ motivated to practice easily learn English vocabulary. English songs MiniLyrics collaboration is appropriate to be applied to the students who passive; have children’s caharacteristics and problems in the words pronouncing. Because it can make students more active, understood, easy to speak and pronounce the words also give full attention to the teacher in teaching learning process.