The Effectiveness Of Using Songs In Improving English Language Vocabulary Acquisition For The Year Four Students In Sk Song Kheng Hai, Kuching / Norehan Adnan Hajili

This study is to find out the effectiveness of using songs in improving the vocabulary acquisition. The objective of this study is to determine the use of songs in improving English language vocabulary acquisition amongst the Year Four in SK Song Kheng Hai, Kuching. 40 out of the 100 students from the Year Four were randomly selected. 20 students were selected for the Experimental Group and another 20 students were selected for the Control Group. Both the Experimental Group and Control Group were administered with Pretest and Posttest. Only the Experimental Group was given treatment in teaching using songs while the Control Group followed the same conventional teaching in the lesson. The data in this study was collected using the Pretest and the Posttest results tested on both groups. Observation on the Experimental Group during the treatment of teaching using songs was also carried out. Later, the data were analyzed descriptively to identify students’ performance in the vocabularies taught. The findings of the study revealed that there was an improvement in vocabulary acquisition among the students. The data showed the student’s vocabularies increased in the Experimental Group although some may only showed a slight improvement. The students showed an active participation and were motivated during the lesson with songs incorporated in the classroom.