THE TEACHING SIMPLE PAST TENSE BY USING THE ENGLISH LYRIC SONG
Chapter 1
Introduction
A. Background
English is an international language , need to be taught for the development of science and technology, cultural and also the relationship between countries in this world. it plays an important role for special function like education, science, technology, and other fields of life. Because of the importance of English, it needs to give attention to the English teaching language.
Grammar is a total set of signals which give language expresses its meaning or the total of structure of language. The teacher should give students new methods in order to make them, easy and memorable about the material especially grammar. To teach English language, teachers usually use certain method of teaching. However based on the historical perspective, language teaching methods change through out history. These changes depend on the proficiency that the learner need, such as the goal of language study. Therefore, any appropriate methods of language teaching should be used in order to to find more effective ways of teaching English.
Learning English is not easy for Indonesia learners. One of the obstacles that they generally face is the grammar or the language rules. On the other hand, they to encounter it because it is one the compulsory lessons in school from the elementary level to the highest one. Among several method of the teaching English, this study interested in the use of the English Lyric song as one of the language teaching techniques. Teacher should motivate their student so that student will find language learning as pleasurable and relaxed activity. In addition, they can help their student by giving practice in language while keeping the class lively and interesting. the writer uses English lyric song improving mastery of simple past tense.
The teacher should give student new method in order to make them enjoyable, easy and memorable about material especially grammar. In this case. The writer to introduce the new method in the learning grammar (simple past tense) by English lyric song as teaching media. The activity will introduce the method to student in senior high school a research gives the title THE TEACHING SIMPLE PAST TENSE BY USING LYRIC ENGLISH SONG
Chapter II
Review of Related Literature
A. The Definition of Grammar
Grammar is the rule of a language that shows how sentence are formed, or how word area inflected (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/grammar). Grammar is also the rules of means of language to construct the sentences and it guides people how to speak and write correctly. When someone knows how to construct sentences are utterance in understandable form. Grammar is way in which words change themselves and group together to make a sentences. According Jeremy Harmers (2002 )said that the grammar of language is the description of the ways in which word can change their forms and can be combined in to sentences in that language. The grammar of language is happens to words when they become plural or negative, or what order is used when we make question or join two clauses to make one sentence.
B. The Simple Past Tense
According to Azar (1993:18) The simple past tense is used to talk about activities or situations that being and end in the past. (e.g yesterday last night, two day ago, in 1990). According to Azar (1993:24) The simple past indicates that an activity or situation began and ended at a particular time in the past.
The kind, Usage, and Example of simple past tense
1. Completed action in the past
Use the simple past to express the idea that action started and finished at s specific time in the time the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.
Example:
· I saw a movie yesterday.
· I did not see a play last night.
· She washed her car.
· Did you have dinner last night?
C. Media
a. Definition of media
The word “media” is derived from latin Medias that mean “between” or mediator. Media is any kind of format used to convey information. Gerlach and Ely (1980) state that media is any person, material or event that establishes condition which learners or students to acquire knowledge, skill and attitude. Every medium is a mean to an end to goal, for example in this study the writer use English song to teach grammar especially simple past tense
b. Definition of Lyric
Lyric is simply words of a song, the lyric or song text roles do not only as a complement of the song but also as important part of the musical elements which determine the theme, character and mission of the song
D. Song
a. Definition of Song
All song are meant to be sung, or spoken aloud. It is important to students to hear a good model to start with. It is vocal elements that bring a song to live. So that the importance of proving a first- role model on first hearing cannot be overemphaszed. That is the time when the students can be bought to perceive songs as something pleasurable. Song is a short musical work set to a poetic text with equal importance given to music and to the words. It may be written for one or several voices and is generally performed with instrument accompaniment (Encyclopedia)
Chapter III
Instruction and Procedural Activity of the English Lyric Song:
1. The teacher asks material of the simple past tense to remind or to measure the ability of the student.
2. The teacher explains about function, content and formula of simple past tense.
3. The teacher gives English lyric song as exercise of simple past tense.
4. The teacher asks student to underline or to circle the sentence which content of simple past tense.
5. The teacher chooses one of the student to mention verb and sentence which content of simple past tense in English lyric song.
6. The teacher discusses together with the student the result of exercise by using English lyric song
7. After that the teacher plays English song to refresh the mind of student.
Chapter VI
Conclusion and Suggestion
A. Conclusions
The conclusion can be draw from this activity to teach simple past tense by using English lyric song are.
1. The student can understand the material about simple past tense easily.
2. The student can identify the material more fun.
3. The student can remember the vocabulary in the long term and to understand the massage of lyric song more deeply.
4. To help student more interested and enjoy in studying simple past tense by English lyric song.
5. To help student to understand the vocabulary more effective.
B. Suggestion
Based on the result of this activity with positively indicates that there is positive effect on the use of English song technique in teaching simple past. Some recommendations for the teaching and learning English are proposed as follows:
1. For the Teachers
There are some recommendations in teaching learning English. First, the English teachers must be creative when he/she transfers the knowledge of English to the students, so the students can easily receive and understand the materials. Second, it is necessity for the English teachers give motivation to the students. Third, it will be better if English teacher
finds out the appropriate and interesting technique related to the material. Besides, to give contribution to English teacher that teaching simple past using English lyric song is more interesting and brings in relaxation.
2. For the Students
The use of English song medium will help the students understand simple past easily. So, the students can improve their achievement in mastering English grammar.
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