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TEACHING VOCABULARY THROUGH MUSIC

By

Anuar Wahidi Bin Ahmad

ABSTRACT

Songs play an important role in the development of young children learning a second

language. A testament to this is the frequency with which songs are used in English Language

Teaching classrooms all over the world. This research begins by looking at why songs can be

considered valuable pedagogical tools. The technique used in this research are listening

 !umbled"up lyric sentences and gap filling. #n particular this research will discuss how songscan be useful in the teaching of vocabulary. There are four participants that took part

voluntarily in this research. Two of them are boys and another two are girls from $ear %

students of Sekolah &ebangsaan &ubor 'an!ang. The results of the study revealed an increase

in student(s achievement levels attitudes toward class and retention of new vocabulary words

of the students who were taught using songs. The one month follow"up also indicated that

music enabled children to retain new vocabulary for a longer period of time than those who

were not taught using songs. )opefully the output of the study will be useful in developing

English teaching especially in vocabulary.