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A. Research Title
B. Background
studied in junior and senior high school in today’s Indonesian curriculum. A large
number of public and private universities and colleges realizing the demand of
Curriculum of Elementary School, elementary school may add a lesson that is called
local content or “muatan lokal”. There are many kinds of local content taught in
Indonesia as a member of the nations of the world has realized the importance
of the fact that English is the language of the world. The Ministry of Education has
been unceasingly enhancing all of the efforts to widen scope and the quality of
English teaching in schools. Not like ten years before, now English has been
foreign language. English laboratory equipment, VCD player, full set of computers
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equipped with LCD projectors have been installed in many state schools in towns to
support the language teaching. Studies, seminars, workshops, and up-grade of English
teachers have been widely held to improve the quality of learning-teaching methods
appreciate English as a foreign language. The correct perception of English will lead
the students to enjoy learning English. Learning the language with joy is the initial
key of learning English, as the result of learning will much depend on whether
students like of dislike the subject. This basic perception of learning the students get
from the basic level of their education will support their higher education. When they
continue their education to higher levels, English could not be separated from their
daily activities. Bilingual teaching system is now applied as from Junior High
There are many reasons why English is taught at elementary level. According
to Krashen (1985). First, if children are exposed to foreign culture from an early age
they can build up feelings of being tolerant and sympathetic to others. Second, the
school considers that to maximize learning time they have to develop a good mastery
of them. Third, it is believed that children learn language better than adults.
Milroy (1999) points out that generally the result of a teaching and learning
process can be influenced by several factors which are mainly divided into two
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groups; internal factors and external ones. Internal factors are those inside individual
such as physiological and psychological factors. External factors are those outside
include bad health, malnutrition, sensory of perception problems with ear and eyes.
The learning process and its outcomes are influenced mainly by two
categories of factors namely internal and external. In relation to this study , one of the
matter to be observed. One of the reason s why attitude is important is that attitude
affects the development of motivation that has contribution to the success of language
learning the language, it is the teachers task to prepare lesson interesting activities.
The researcher will apply songs and game to stimulate young learners to study
English. Aydan Ersoz (2000) states that language learning is a hard task which can
manipulate the target language. Well-chosen games are invaluable as they give
students a break and at the same time allow students to practice language skills.
Games are highly motivating since they are amusing and at the same time
contexts. They also encourage and increase cooperation. He also states that games are
highly motivating because they are amusing and interesting. They can be give
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practice in all language skills and be used to practice many types of communication.
Games are considered to help encourage the pupils/students because they will be
given a lot of opportunities to practice their language more freely as Carrier (1990)
says that games can increase students communication and reduce the domination of
There are a lot of reasons put forward by the educational expert for using
games in language learning and teaching process. The simplest reason is the sheer
enjoyment of a moment of relaxation after some others drilling or a short respite after
spontaneous and creativity use of the language. Mc Callum and George (1980:IX)
says that, games automatically stimulate the students interest. A properly introduced
English, “The main thing in learning English for children is shaping their positive
attitude toward the language. If it is possible, the children should feel that learning a
pupils’ positive attitude. The pupils who are still beginner in English of course need
help to build up and enrich their English. Songs and Games are expected building up
positive attitude towards learning English at Elementary school. The pupils are
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The aim of this work is to show several ways that can be used for teaching
English to young learners. Most children enjoy listening to songs and this is one
reason why they have become an important part of teaching English, songs play
significant role in motivating young learners to study English. They can support the
(Lo and Li 1998). In addition, songs often offer a change from routine classroom
activities environment
the main problem for the teachers is how to stimulate learners to speak English in
class; songs maybe starting point for that. Second listening to songs ( especially when
these are supported with pictures and actions ) helps students to recognize words and
meanings more easily. Finally songs can stimulate a positive emotional attitude to
language learning.
Young learners may wish to play games purely for fun. Teachers, however,
need more convincing reasons. Teachers need to consider which games to use, when
to use them, how to link them up with the syllabus, textbook or programme and how,
more specifically different games will benefit in different ways ( Khan, J . 1996). The
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key to successful game is that rules are clear, the ultimate goal is well defined and the
C. Problem Statement
research questions:
1. How “Slice the Goose”, “Hi Becak” songs and quartet game build up the
2. To what extend can the pupils involve and participate actively in “Slice
Relating to the research question above, the objective of the research is to find
out (1) The way of using “Slice the Goose”, “Hi Becak” songs and quartet game
(2) Whether or not the pupils being active in “Slice the Goose”, “Hi Becak” songs
to the English teachers of elementary schools for the development of pupils skill
to increase the teacher knowledge in building up the pupils positive attitude, the
The scope of the research is under linguistics and restricted to the language
learning of English of young learners using song and game. It is limited to the
positive attitude towards learning English at the fifth grade of SDN 110 Pompanua
using “Slice the Goose”, “Hi Becak” songs and quartet game, assuming that pupils
This part deals with the previous related studies on some pertinent ideas,
1. Positive attitude
There are some previous research findings in the field of attitude learning
English as a foreign language. Sarlotha (1997:45) found that the students have
positive attitude in learning vocabulary through games because of the fantastic and
the enjoyable activities. Imran (2002) in trying to find out the elementary pupils’
attitude toward English fond that factors influencing the learning process at
elementary school are the students, parents, teachers attitude, government and the
material and activities used. These variables then shaped students’ attitudes.
Furthermore, students with positive attitude may not be particularly successful if this
attitude is not linked with effective strategies such as appropriate materials and
various learning activities. Nur’s case study at TK Aisyah Makassar reported that the
raising the children interest and motivation. Nasra Nasir Al-Mamary found that using
song can help children learn vocabulary more effectively, the enjoyment and
motivation children display when songs are used. The use of songs may support the
learning of receptive vocabulary more effectively than when the same vocabulary and
the same texts are taught without songs. Songs, therefore, may be particularly useful
In line with this study, songs, games and storytelling are efforts in educating
children. It is hoped then through those ways children have opportunity to explore,
create, and express their feeling. Finally, the children’s positive attitude can be
maintained and built up. The findings above are also supported by Hamdah (2006)
who found in his action research that the elementary pupils interest toward English
can be built up through the match it game. The result of the research shows that the
positive changes were found : the pupils were more active, more enthusiastic, and
more delightful in learning English. This study will differ from previous studies
because the researcher will apply some learning activities which is hoped can
Young learners covers a wide age range, this can be anybody from the age of
three to the age of eighteen. There is a big difference between a-three-year-old child
can do and what a child of fifteen can do. We should consider their development too.
Some children develop faster, others need more time. Teaching young learners
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requires the knowledge of knowing all the development differences. The researcher
has decided to focus on young learners, the fifth grade of elementary school.
environment learn more easily and more proficiently than do adult under similar
circumstances. This widely held belief has led to the idea that an optimal age or
critical period for second language acquisition usually end around the age of puberty.
There are three considerations that are relevant to this idea : biological, cognitive, and
language and after puberty it will be difficult for them to succeed in foreign language
that, due to their intellectual development, children are not interested in abstract
thing. It follows that concrete examples of how the target operates are recommended
Since human being are emotional creatures, the affective factors such us self-
foreign language learning. Inhibition and attitude seem to directly related to age,
inhibition is particularly a determining factor around the age of ten or eleven, and
becomes stronger at the puberty period , that is the period when someone will be too
cautious about his/her performance, including language performance. This will result
In relation to the attitude, before puberty children have not developed attitude
to foreign language culture. This will be benefit them in foreign language learning, in
that no negative attitude will possibly disadvantage their foreign language learning.
lead us to an assumption that children is faster than adult and will reach higher
3. Choosing activities
the right activity. This is not easy and teachers should spend really quality time to
think about this. It needs to be considered well. Some language activities can stir a
class. Thinking about the positive way of the word “stir”, it means these activities
will wake up the class, warm them up. Of course, there are activities that have the
opposite effect. They may seem to settle the pupils. Before the lesson is planned,
there should be considered what kind of activities should be chosen knowing the
effect of them. Activities that can stir the class are, for example, oral work, games,
and competitions. Another aspect we should think about are activities which engage
We should not forget context developing activities. “If we are to help the
importance of the context in which the language naturally occurs. Once the idea of
context playing a decisive role in the choice of language is firmly established, we can
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begin to introduce varieties of the language used in different contexts. Many course
books provide learners with plenty of opportunities to develop their own context for
the language presented, for example activities like “odd one out, filling-in exercises,
dialogues” etc”. Another factor that teachers should bear in their minds is to keep the
lessons simple. We often try to make our lessons varied. This is good but can lead to
topics. But this can mean we may produce a lesson which is a disaster, too many
activities and changing the activities all the time can destroy the lesson. The children
´s minds have to jump from one topic to another with not much time to let things sink
2. There are ways of varying the oral work so that it is making different
demands on the children and therefore feels different even when the topic
Variation does not only mean changing the topics and materials but also the
change of work we do. Variation comes in the forms of activity as Halliwell states.
Using different methods and ways of teaching should become a regular part of our
lessons. We can reuse materials all the time, we can come up with new things but
always the activities should be simple in principle. Then they can transfer to different
topics and situations. “Because you use them regularly you will quickly get to know
the best way to set them up with your classes. Because the classes know them, they
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will take to them easily when they appear.... They can become truly the core of your
This part describes the concept of attitude ,measuring attitude, and factors
a. Concept of attitude
The concept of attitude has been variously defined . Oxford Learners Pocket
Dictionary (1990) states “attitude” is the way of feeling, thinking or behaving toward
b. Measuring attitude
We can infer that a person has attitudes by her words and actions (Henerson, 1997:
12). Oppenheim (1966: 82) states that “checklist” are inevitably crude devices, but
careful pilot work. They are best to test specific hypotheses. A checklist consists of a
agree or disagree.
According to Aiken (1988), there are at least four factors affecting the pupils’
attitudes in learning process. They are interest, motivation, need and behavior.
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1) Interest
means that the person spends tie thinking about or reacting about this, regardless or
things. It also means that interest toward something is someone’s attention to know
the thing.
enthusiasm in participation.
2) Motivation
communicate with another learner in their language even when their knowledge is
limited (Gardner and Tremblay, 1998:337). They also state that in the first school
motivation.
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3) Need
necessary to be done or to possessed. We can say someone who needs something will
always make efforts to do everything that may support him/her to find what he/she
needs.
Setiawan (1994) divides language needs into two parts namely objective and
subjective needs. Objectives needs are those which can be diagnosed by teachers on
the basis of the analysis of personal data learners along with information about their
diagnosed easily.
4) Behaviour
conduct oneself, to act and react. In connection with this study, the researcher will
observe the elementary school pupils’ interest by seeing their involvement and
He further states that teaching technique is feat plan for orderly presentation
defined as a way adopted by a teacher to direct the learners activities toward English.
Below there are some teaching activities for elementary school teacher in
Activities Examples
Coloring and drawing Picture square, joining the dots, labeling cloth,
shopping games.
Stories & speaking activities answer a riddle, going shopping, fun with
animals.
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my ABC.
The table above shows that children need physical movement and activity as
Cognitive aspect of the children can be seen in singing a song and games, especially
from their ability to understand the instruction of the teacher during the singing
activity and performing the teachers’ explanation about the games rule. Meanwhile,
the affective aspect can be seen from the fact that the children have positive feeling
shown from their enthusiasm in singing the song and when they try to be the winner
in the game. Psychometrically, the children will exercising their psychometric action
The researcher will apply two kinds of learning activities namely songs and
quartet game which is assumed can stimulate the pupils of elementary school to be
a. Songs
more specifically, the role of songs in learning vocabulary has been widely discussed
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(e.g. Orlova 1997, Murphey 1992, Phillips 1993). Much vocabulary will be learned
explicitly-through direct instruction and attention; however, we also know that the
learners need opportunities to learn vocabulary incidentally – i.e. when they are not
paying attention but to some other task they are performing (Schmitt 2000). Songs,
remember words (Nation, 2000) and many of the lexical items learners need to know
are multi-word items rather than single words. Songs can thus be an effective method
of helping children learn lexical patterns that will be stored in their minds and can be
naturally recalled during oral communication (Murphey, 1992). In other words, songs
can help the development of automaticity – the ability to use language naturally and
without conscious effort. This, according to Schoepp (2001), is the main cognitive
reason for using songs in second language learning. Through songs children can also
repeat words and phrases spontaneously even if they do not initially understand them
(Slaterry and Willis, 2001). The support for understanding which songs provide,
through pictures and actions, can help learners work out meanings when these are
Song has been part of the human experience as we can remember a part of our
great value. The arguments include cognitive reason and affective reason. The
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cognitive reason and affective reason for using song which follow all grounded
main cognitive reason using song in the class. Using song can automate the language
In regard to learning, Krashen (1985) explain that for optimal learning, the
affective filter must be weak. If weak affective filter is strong, the learner will not
seek the language input and in turn not be open for language acquisition. The
practical acquisition of the affective filter by hypothesis is that teacher must provide
for activating a weak affective filter and promoting language learning. Song has
concluded that song is a medium in learning element and can stimulate the pupils
The researcher will apply “Slice the Goose” and “Hi Becak” song which
Tralalalalalala…
Tralalalalalala…
Hi Becak
Becak…becak…
b. Games
A game is an activity with rules, a goal and an element of fun. There are two
kinds of games : competitive games, in which players or teams race to be the
first to reach the goal, and cooperative games, in which players or team work
together towards a common goal. The emphasis in the games is on successful
communication rather than on correctness of language. (Toth, 1995).
Clark (2002) defines the concept games as one of the most enjoyable
supplementary activities. Thus, games are best used to review or practice material
that has already been introduced. He explains that a really fun game can wake pupils
up and bring laughter back into the classroom. Games help and encourage them to
sustain their interest and work. Games also create contexts in which the language is
useful and meaningful. The need of meaningfulness in language learning has been
learners respond to the content in a definite way. They want to take a part and in
order to do. If they are amused, angered, challenged, intrigued or surprised the
that games are not just time-filling activities, but have a great educational value.
Games can lower anxiety, it can give shy learner more opportunity to express their
Kim (1995:35) pointed out some advantages of using games in the classroom.
First, games are a welcome break from a usual routine of the language class. Next,
they are motivating and challenging. In addition, games help the students to make and
sustain the efforts which required in language learning. Games provide various skills-
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speaking, writing, listening and reading. Besides it encourage the students to interact
and communicate and also it create a meaningful context for language use. Finally
games can encourage even shy students participate positively. Quartet is one of the
This game known as quartet, is best for 4 players, but it is possible for 2 - 6 to
play. A standard deck 32 – 60 cards deck is used. The dealer deals 4 cards to each
player. The remaining cards are placed faces down to form a stock. The player to
dealers left starts. A turn consists of asking specific player for specific rank and a
specific card. For example, if it is my turn I might say : “Ana, do you have thing”.
The player who asks must already hold at least one card of the requested rank, so I
must hold at least one thing to say this. If Ana has it, she says, “Yes, I have” and then
Ana read the question, “What is that?” after that, I answer the question, “a. it is a
table”. If the player who was asked has specific card, she must give her card to me. If
she doesn’t, she says, “go get it”. I must draw the top card from the stock. Another
player then gets another turn. As soon as a player collects 4 cards of the same rank,
this must be shown and discarded face down. The game continues until either
someone has no cards left in their hand or the stock runs out. The winner is the player
G. Theoretical Framework
INTEREST
PUPILS’ INVOLVEMENT
PUPILS’ ENJOYMENT
PUPILS’ ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
POSITIVE ATTITUDE
SAL (Student Active Learning) : is a way, technique to build up the pupils learning
activity or teaching learning process that involved the pupils involved intellectually
and emotionally in order that they can participate actively in the learning process.
H. Research Methodology
This part deals with the researcher design, variables, population and sample,
research.
1. Research design
In this research, the researcher will apply descriptive method where the data
will be collected through observation and interview. Studying English for the pupils
using descriptive method with the purposes to gain a better understanding using
about what is being studied. Gay (2006) defines descriptive method, involves
2. Variables
Research variables are the teaching technique using songs and quartet game
as independent variables, and the pupils’ attitude through interest, involvement, and
a. Population
b. Sample
In this research, the writer will use cluster sampling technique. It means that
one class of the population will be taken as sample. That’s fifth grade pupils of SDN
110 Pompanua.
4. Instrument
The researcher will use two kinds of instrument, namely observation and
active participation.
1. Pay attention.
3. Doing instruction.
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1. Pupils active participation play the quartet game based on the rules
2. Promoting cooperation.
The data of this research are qualitative data in the form of description of
situation, condition and processes will be taking place during the research. The
procedures of collecting data are observation and interview. The researcher will
observe the pupils’ attitude through their interest when teaching and learning process.
The researcher will interview the pupils to get information about pupils’ opinion and
feeling about learning English through song and games after learning process.
a. Observation Checklist
1. Very active : The pupils playing based on the rules, they always ask
2. Active : The pupils playing based on the rules, they sometimes ask
1) Fairly active : The pupils playing based on the rules, they seldom ask and respond
2) Less active : The pupils does not playing based on the rules, they seldom ask and
3) Not active : The pupils does not playing based on the rules, they never ask and
b. Interview
interpretation
I. Time Schedule
N Months
Research Activities
NO March April May June July
1 Preparation
2 Data Collection
3 Data Analysis
4 Research report arrangement
5 Final seminar
6 Research report revision
7 Report presentation
J. Research Financing
Total Rp.7.000.000,-
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APPENDICES
Date : ……………….
Location : ……………….
Topic : Pupils’ Attitude ( interest toward “Slice the Goose & Hi Becak” songs)
Date : ……………….
Location : ……………….
3. Mana yang kalian lebih senangi,permainan quartet dengan 2,4 atau 6 orang?
Appendix 3
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Appendix 4
Appendix 5
Appendix 6
Appendix 7
Observation Checklist
1) Very active : The pupils playing based on the rules, they always ask and
respond their friends in English.
2) Active : The pupils playing based on the rules, they sometimes ask and
respond their friends in English.
3) Fairly active : The pupils playing based on the rules, they seldom ask and
respond their friends in English.
4) Less active : The pupils does not playing based on the rules, they seldom ask
and respond their friends in English.
5) Not active : The pupils does not playing based on the rules, they never ask
and respond their friends in English.