Students' opinions on the use of modified songs in learning english vocabulary: a study in a Pesantren

Ningtyas, Dewi Puspita (2023) Students' opinions on the use of modified songs in learning english vocabulary: a study in a Pesantren. Undergraduate Thesis thesis, UIN K.H. Abdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan.

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Abstract

Vocabulary learning is a basic thing that is very important to learn when learning languages, but unfortunately this learning often feels boring at school, therefore a pesantren in Brebes named Darunnajat created a vocabulary learning method using modified songs. This research was conducted with the aim of knowing students' opinions on the use of modified songs for learning vocabulary. The study involved 4 high school 10th grade students who were selected based on gender and differences in educational background. This study used a qualitative method with a study case analysis approach, and to collect the data the authors conducted interviews and observations. This study uses thematic analysis to analyze the data. The results of this study from the first research question is about the implementation of the modified song, it was taught by the administrators and then sung together by the students. Students are provided with song lyrics as well as time to discuss vocabulary they do not know. Modified songs are usually sung at certain times, such as in the middle of public speaking practice activities, after or before conversing in foreign languages and every Saturday night specifically for male students. The media used are blackboards, markers, writing tools for song lyrics or vocabulary books and sometimes a dictionary. The modified songs were also considered appropriate for the age and abilities of the students, although they also had a few complaints about the modified songs which were sometimes less interesting and contained vocabulary which they felt was a bit difficult for them. Then the research results of the second research question are the benefit that students feel is that the modified song can make the learning atmosphere more comfortable and better, increase students' interest in learning, make vocabulary mastery better and make vocabulary easier to remember. The challenge that students encounter in using modified songs is that there are students who feel a bit annoyed when students compete to louder when singing modified songs, students also sometimes feel bored with certain modified songs. In addition, students also experience difficulties with pronunciation, the number of vocabularies in songs is sometimes too much and modified songs are sometimes not perfect when they are first taught.

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