THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGLISH SONGS IN TEACHING PRONUNCIATION TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Oleh : Hermansyah, Cici Handayani, Dewi Wulandari
Diterbitkan di : BISMAN INFO
Volume : 5 No : 1 Februari 2018
Penerbit : Politeknik Unggul LP3M
ISSN : 2355-1500
Abstrak
English is one of the international languages in the world. In indonesia, English is the foreign language which becomes one of the important subjects at schools so that English has been introduced in Indonesia since elementary school. By introducing English earlier, the Indonesian government hopes that indonesian students understand more about English. It „s one of the reasons why English has been taught since elementary level. The successful of mastering English at schools particularly to elementary students depends on the role of English teachers who teach the English subject. It is not easy to teach a foreign language to the elementary students which is extremely different to the mother tongue, particularly in teaching pronounciation. Beside the difference of uttarance with the mother tongue, the problem that the students face is the use of traditional technique in teaching English at elementary schools so that the students have less interest to study English. Therefore, the objectives of this research is to apply the use of English songs in teaching pronounciation to the elementary students at SD Bintang Pertiwi. The reason of this research to use English song in teaching pronounciation is due to the effectiveness of the songs. A song is considered as the effective media to teach English because by singing, the sudents can memorize and remember easily what have been learnt. The English songs used in this research are If You?re Happy, Old MacDonald, Twinkle – Twinkle which have simple utterances and cheerful tone or music.
Kata Kunci : English Song, Teaching, Pronunciation