English Example Thesis


CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

1.1          Problem Background

English language is an important part of world, because by using a language we can communicate and express our ideas. English is taught integrated within the four skills, namely reading, speaking, listening, and writing, considering the language components such as vocabulary, structure, and pronunciation. As we know that vocabulary mastery are very important in learning English because these are set a of rule that has to be mastered by the students in studying English both oral and written form.
By mastering adequate vocabulary means that the learners understanding the meaning of the vocabulary items and are able to use them correctly and appropriately in sentence. So that the sentence has meaning.
Adjective is one kind of vocabulary according to Webber (1978), adjective is a word belonging to one of the major from classes in any of numerous languages and typically serving as a modifier of a noun to devote a quality of the thing named, to indicate its quantity or extent, or to specify a thing as distinct from something else. Most student think that studying is boring and they also get confused to adjective and to use helping adjective.
English through song help English student study speaking, conversation , vocabulary, pronunciation, listening and grammar. It’s for anyone who enjoy learning to speak English here and now program. It teaches conversation rules in browsers in voiced dialogs student and is played offline in browsers. free song lyrics and practice exercises are available on site. Studying in this sings kind of way is fun! Lesson improve speaking skills in dialogs, pronunciation, listening comprehension and sentence structure. Learn to speak, practice listening, develop vocabulary. Research on the effects songs on learning has been in progress for decades. When research on the Mozart Effect the theory that listening to Mozart’s songs can temporarily improve performance, and perhaps even IQ is the fact that ongoing songs education does help children across a wide range of criteria including overall academic performance. The songs we sing provides vocabulary enrichment, teaches tenses and plurals, uses poetic language, allows visualization, and encourages good pronunciation. Though music we learn about ourselves, our culture and that of others, science and math, creativity, jobs, the environment, and emotion. Songs is used to help them understand concepts like high and low, fast and slow, and start and stop.
Songs as a technique can give the students entertainment decide education since it contains many ideas related to up-to-date situation. Students will have fun in songs and in the same time they can also get new words from it. Text of songs often brings certain themes and messages that are also related social issues in our daily life. In reading text songs, student are also able to learn how to express their idea and feelings and also learn human interaction.
Hopefully, by presenting songs with adjective or sentences inside song the students ability in adjective will interest.

Based on the every it was found that see that from 33 students, only 13 students or 39.3% who reach the completeness standard study, therefore the result of the study hoped at SMP Bangun Cipta Rumbia to fulfill the standard of “Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal (KKM)” is < 6.5.
Meanwhile, there are 60.6% students who get the score under KKM. Considering the problem above, the researcher intends to do the research to increasing students ability in mastery of adjective through songs and the result of the observation at SMP Bangun Cipta Rumbia.

1.2      Problem Identification

1.      Students are low in study adjective mastery.
2.      Students are not motivated in studying adjective vocabulary.
3.      The students get difficulties in doing test of adjective put in vock

1.3  Problem Limitation

The researcher limits the study at the increasing the students’ adjective mastery through song instruction at the Eight grade of SMP Bangun Cipta Rumbia in  the academic year of 2010/2011

1.4  Problem Formulation

Based on the background above, the researcher formulates the problem as follows: Can song instruction be used to increase the students’ adjective mastery at SMP Bangun Cipta Rumbia?

1.5  Research Scope

1.          The subject of the research
        The subject of the research are student’s of SMP Bangun Cipta Rumbia.
2.          The object of the research
        The object of the research is the increasing the student’s teaching adjective vocabulary mastery through songs.
3.          The time of the research
        The research will be hold the two years of 2011 academic year.
4.          The place of the research
        The research will be conducted at SMP Bangun Cipta Rumbia.

1.6  Research Objective

To find out whether songs instruction can be used to increase at SMP Bangun Cipta Rumbia

1.7          Research Benefit

The result of this research are expected:
1.          As information for the teachers of English at junior level in helping the students’ especially in learning adjective vocabulary.
2.          As contribution to the English teacher to use songs in teaching learning adjective vocabulary at Junior High School.
Giving contribution in the research improving students’ mastery in adjective through songs generally and at VIII grade of SMP Bangun Cipta Rumbia especially.

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