accompaniment, used as a feeling expression of somebody. As mentioned by Haynes, Judie and Zacarian, Debbie 2010:55, students may appear to pick up
word easily, such as when they sing the lyrics that they are taught in music class. However, they do not always understand what they are singing unless it is
explicitly taught to them at their English language level. From the definitions above, the writer concludes that English song is
English words that are sung, used as a feeling expression of somebody. It has a deep meanings in every sentences. In addition, it can be taught in a class to make
students understand easily about the song.
2.2.2.3 Role of Songs as a Media
Songs are important things in people daily life. There are many reasons why people create and listen to songs. Murphey 1992:9 made the following list about
what people usually do with songs. We listen, sing, hum, whistle, tap, and snap fingers while we listen,
sing without listening to any recording, talk about the music, talk about the lyrics, talk about the singergroup, talk about video clips,
use songs and music to set or change an atmosphere or mood, use songs and music to create a social environment, form a feeling
of community, dance, make friends and lovers, read about the production, performance, effect, authors, producers, audiences of
music and song, use music in dreams, use music and song to make internal associations between the people, places, and times in our
lives, so they become the personal soundtrack of our lives“. Not only adults, but also children like songs. Especially to most young
people. They express their daily activities or feelings through songs. Songs are very important in their everyday communication. People who like similar kinds of
music usually they are close to one another. They exchange opinions about the
song. It can be used by a teacher to use songs as a media in teaching in order to get closer to them and also a media that students like.
Music may touch topics that people can relate to. Murphey 1992:8 writes that songs can be appropriated by listeners for their own purposes, largely because
most pop songs do not have precise people, place, or time references. For those who find them relevant, songs happen whenever and wherever one hears them and
they are, consciously or subconsciously, abo ut the people in one’s own life.
All of the above-mentioned arguments indicate that song is a subject of everyday communication and it is an important thing in people’s lives, which can
be very beneficial for the method of using songs to teach English vocabulary since it increases the possibility that students will come across the taught material.
Furthermore, almost all of students like songs, so it makes easier for the teacher to use the song as a media of teaching.
2.2.3 Effectiveness
