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A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS’
PERCEPTION IN LEARNING VOCABULARY USING CHILDREN
VIDEO SONG CLIPS

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Mela Dewi Permatasari
112006033

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2011

A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS’
PERCEPTION IN LEARNING VOCABULARY USING CHILDREN
VIDEO SONG CLIPS


THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Mela Dewi Permatasari
112006033

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2011
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A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS’
PERCEPTION IN LEARNING VOCABULARY USING CHILDREN
VIDEO SONG CLIPS


THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Mela Dewi Permatasari
112006033

Approved by:

Victoria U. Palupi, M.A.,ELT

Nugrahenny T. Zacharias, M.A-ELT, Ph.D

Supervisor

Examiner

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A Preliminary Study on Fifth Grade Students’ Perception…

A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION IN
LEARNING VOCABULARY USING CHILDREN VIDEO SONG CLIPS
Mela Dewi Permatasari
Abstract

The researcher conducted a study to find out fifth grade students perception in
learning vocabulary using children video song clips. The participants of the study were
fifth grade students in a public school; nine students were male and nine students were
female. Individual interviews were set to draw the fifth graders perception toward the use

of children video song clips. Qualitative analyses were also conducted to explore the
findings in detail. The result showed that the video song clips were aids in understanding
meaning, improves the learners memory, helps the learners with pronunciation, and
motivates the learners. However, the finding also revealed their difficulties in learning
vocabulary using children video song clips.
Key words: children video song clips, students perception, learning vocabulary

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