Vocabulary and Its Importance

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CHAPTER 2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter presents the review of literature related to the topic of the research. They are definition of vocabulary, vocabulary achievement, the classification of vocabulary, the definition of English songs, teaching vocabulary through English songs, and the action hypothesis. They are written respectively in the following sections.

2.1 Vocabulary and Its Importance

English is one of the foreign languanges in Indonesia which has different spelling, pronunciation, and intonation if it is compared with Indonesian language. Hwa 2009:V states that one of the problems that has to be faced by English teachers, students, or other English learners is how to deal with vocabulary. Teaching vocabulary is a complex task for the teacher. The teacher does not only teach the meaning of words, but also the spelling, the pronunciation and the use of the words as well. Vocabulary is the basic component in learning language. The richness of vocabulary will influence the success of the languange mastery. Without mastering sufficient vocabulary, we will get dificulty in having interaction and making communication with other people. Thornbury 2002:13 states that you can say very little with grammar, but you can say almost anything without words. It means that vocabulary is the basic element of every language skills as we cannot do anything without vocabulary. Lacking of vocabulary can cause some problems in mastering language skills. We are able to produce many sentences easily both in spoken or written forms by mastering vocabulary. Fardhani 2003:1 states that vocabulary is one of language components that plays a key role in all language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It means that vocabulary is needed in every skill. In listening skill, people have to listen to the oral words that are spoken by someone, besides in speaking skill people have to say words in order to transfer the message to someone else. Furthermore, in reading skill, people should have many words of vocabulary in order to understand the message of the text. Besides, in writing skill people have to write words in order to transfer the message. Vocabulary also has an important role in languange teaching. If the students master enough English vocabulary, they will understand English more easily. In other words, vocabulary is the foundation to learn language.

2.2 Vocabulary Achievement