Teacher should continue looking for more effective and interesting technique in teaching irregular verb to his or her students. It is done to make students feel more
interested in learning it. If students are interested in learning irregular verb, they can memorize it easier. That is why there must be a more interesting way of learning
irregular verb. Based on the explanation above, the writer would like to make a research on
RETAINING STUDENTS’ MEMORY ON IRREGULAR VERB THROUGH SONGS.
B. Limitation and Formulation of the Problem
In this writing, the problem will be limited in using songs as the medium to retain students’ memory on irregular verb.
Based on the background above, the formulation of the problem will be explained as follows: can songs improve
students’ ability in retaining their memory on irregular verb in the second grade of SMPIT Raflesia Cimanggis
– Depok? In addition, how do songs help students to retain the irregular verb on their memory?
C. The Significance of the Study
It is expected that this writing can be useful for teachers in teaching irregular verb to their students. In other words, this writing can be an inspiration for teachers to
look for more effective teaching techniques. This writing is also supposed to be useful for students in retaining their memory on irregular verb in a fun way.
In larger scale, this writing is expected to improve people’s English
knowledge. At least, this writing is supposed to bring many advantages for others in learning English grammar, especially irregular verb.
D. Organization of Writing
This skripsi will systematically be divided into four chapters. Chapter one deals with introduction, consisting of the background of the study, the limitation and
formulation of the problem, the significance of the study, and organization of writing. Chapter two presents the theoretical framework. It consists of irregular verb
which is divided into definition of irregular verb and types of irregular verb. Then, this chapter deals also with song and its general function, the meaning of song, kind
of song, the advantages of using songs in language teaching, and criteria of good songs for language teaching. Memory which is divided into definition of memory,
kind of memory, forgetting phenomenon, improving memory retention, and retaining students’ memory on irregular verb through songs.
Chapter three is research methodology. It discusses the purpose of the research, place and time of the research, subject and object of the research,
writer’s role on the research, method of the research, research design, the classroom action
research CAR procedure, technique of data collecting, technique of data analysis, the trustworthiness of the study, and criteria of the action success.
Chapter four is research finding. It is divided into the result of the data before CAR, the implementation of CAR, and the result of the data after CAR.
Chapter five is conclusion and suggestion.
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