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By using song as the medium, the students get more motivated in learning English. The greatest goal by using this kind of medium is the improvement in students’ motivation and
achievement during teaching and learning process. In this chance, the writer presents one of the medium that can be used for English
teacher to improve students’ motivation in learning vocabulary, which is English song, in this case, by using “Fire Coming Out of a Monkey’s Head” song as a medium.
1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic
The topic is chosen because learning English is very important for the student to improve their language skill and to enrich their knowledge about the world because English is
International language. English can also be used as the tool to communicate with the International community and learning vocabulary is the fundamental part in learning the
foreign language, especially English. The writer believes that by learning vocabulary, the student can improve other skills as well.
To improve students’ vocabulary understanding, the writer wants them to learn vocabulary in a fun way. So, a song is used as the medium in teaching and learning process
to improve their motivation in learning English, in this case vocabulary. By using song, it can help the students to master their vocabulary and improve their motivation because song
consists of vocabulary, language structures, moral value, rhythm and we can get a good example of pronunciation, so they can pronounce the word correctly.The song itself is well
known medium, and almost every person in this world loves to sing, loves to hear the good
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song. So, this medium is not the strange one for them. Song can also bring joy and fun when it comes to teach a language.
“Fire Coming Out of a Monkey’s Head” is used as the treatment instrument for them.
This song is a narrative song. Therefore narrative text is one of the popular genre texts in English.This song has also good moral value; it reflects social critic about human attitude
and behavior. That is why this kind of medium not only teaches them about grammar, vocabulary and etc, but also teaches them about moral lesson to improve their character and
motivation.
1.3 Research Problems
The problems that need to be answered in this discussion: 1. What is the previous profile of students’ performance in learning vocabulary items of
a narrative text? 2. To what extent does “Fire Coming Out of A Monkey’s Head” Song improve the
students’ motivation in learning vocabulary of a narrative text?
1.4 Purpose Of The Study
