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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 consists of six parts. They are background of the study, reason for choosing the topic, research problem, purpose of the study, significance of the study, outline of the report.
1.1 Background of the Study
We use something to interact; we use something to communicate, and we use something to know each others. That is why language was born in this world. It is something which is
created by human to survive, to understand, and to reveal their feeling. By using language, people will know almost everything. It is the most human powerful tool that they ever made.
If we talk about language, it means that we talk about something which is related to our daily life. It is something that influences our life so much. Since people were born in this
world, they would try to make interaction and communication with others. In doing interaction, people need a powerful tool to facilitate “that” kind of activity. That is why
language exists as the tool to interact and communicate. Amberg and Vause 2009:2 stated, “language is foremost a means of communication,
and communication almost always takes place within some sorts of social context.” Based on that statement, it means that language is the key for people to communicate and interact
with others to fulfill their needs, to express their feelings, to deliver their ideas, and sometimes to show their attitude toward life and the world itself. Every person, every race,
and every ethnic in this world use language to communicate, even the language that they use
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are different between one and another. It is hard to imagine when people have no languages to be used and have no tool to interact and communicate. It will be difficult if they are not
using the most important form of human communication: language. Elizabeth 2003:15 states “to know language means that you can both create
communication that has meaning that you choose and interpret the meaning of others when they communicate.” Based on that statement, we can conclude that we need a language to
make a communication with others. However, in doing the communication we need to know the meaning.
In learning language, especially English, we need to consider the fundamental thing before learners learn more about English. The essential thing in learning language is
learning vocabulary. We can’t make any progress in learning listening, speaking, writing, and reading without any help in our vocabulary mastery. We will not understand the foreign
language if we don’t know about its vocabulary. Thornbury 2002:13 also stated “ you can say very little with grammar but you can say almost anything with words.” Based on that
statement, it means that vocabulary is a fundamental thing to be mastered first before we make communication with others.
Based on the fact that vocabulary is the fundamental thing in learning English, as teachers, we need to understand and have a lot of techniques in teaching vocabulary. Due to
learning vocabulary is the important part in language learning; the use of typical media and usual method are not good things if we want high and best results from our students. We
need something which is more fun, and more communicative that can improve students’ motivation in learning vocabulary.
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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
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