BAB I

Teaching Pronunciation Through a Song

1. Definition of a song It was explain that there are four language skills: listening, speaking,
reading, and writing. In this paper, the writer would try do discuss one of the language
elements of phonology that is pronunciation indirectly and exquisite beauty of the language so
she has assumption that a song can be pronounced by the students repeatedly, on the other
hand a song can be persuade and entertain the students in studying pronunciation.
According to Geser Waldman, song can provide an enjoyable way to introduce or review
vocabulary, and idiomatic expression, teach pronunciation, introduce various aspects of
America culture and present or review structure and sentence pattern in vocal way. A song
provide context for interesting and effective as idiom, and pronunciation with song.
Songs are good for rhythm, and for young children, especially, they make the business of
stress easy and uncomplicated since it doesn’t even have to be explain.
2. The technique of teaching pronunciation The aim of teaching pronunciation is to make
students easy to pronounce the English words in speaking and reading or to accelerate
student’s pronunciation through a song. A song can give motivation and love enjoyable
English words without making mistakes.
Songs is outline from poetry and story on the other hand a song context short line from poetry
and story. It is clear that a song can help the students express their ideas, thinking, and feeling.
In this case, the discussion will be more directed until every body understands the content
they are singing.
The profit of a song is to comprehend of speech sound, stress intonation, and word by word in
a sentence regularly. In teaching learning process especially teaching pronunciation gives a
teaching procedure that must be followed by the students. There are the procedures of
teaching pronunciation using a song:
1. Teacher is introducing the song, tell a little about it.
2. She provides the lyrics available to students which have been copied and then the students
receive a piece op paper lyrics song.
3. She sings a song once and the students listen and enjoy it.
4. Go through the lyrics with students and check comprehension, understanding of the song.

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 BAB II
A. Basic Competencies:
1. Thank you for the opportunity to learn English as the language of communication
2. Internationally embodied in the spirit of learning.
3. Demonstrate honest, disciplined, confident and responsible behavior in carrying out
4. Transactional communication with teachers and friends.
5. Mention social functions and linguistic elements in songs.
6. Catch the meaning of simple songs.

B. Indicator:
 Appreciate English as an introduction to international communication.
 Demonstrate honest behavior, discipline, confidence and responsibility in interacting
effectively
 with the social environment.
 Complete the song lyrics heard.
 Answering questions about the song being heard.
 Determine the moral message of the song heard.
 Deliver a brief summary of the contents of the song heard

C. Learning Objectives
1. Students demonstrate the seriousness of learning English through understanding songs
2. Students demonstrate honesty, discipline, confidence and responsibility in carrying out
communication about the meaning of songs
3. Students mention social functions and linguistic elements in songs
4. Students respond to the meaning of the song

D. Learning Material
1. Song titled "My Love"
2. Social functions: Entertaining, expressing feelings, teaching moral messages
3. Song Text:

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My Love
Westlife An empty street
An empty house
A hole inside my heart
I'm all alone
The rooms are getting smaller
I wonder how
I wonder why
I wonder where they are
The days we had
The songs we sang together
Oh yeah
And all my love
I'm holding on forever
Reaching for the love that seems so far
So I say a little prayer
And hope my dreams will take me there
Where the skies are blue
To see you once again, my love
Over seas from coast to coast
To find the place I love the most
Where the fields are green
To see you once again, my love
I tried to read
I go to work
I'm laughing with my friends
But I can't stop
To keep myself from hinking
Oh no
I wonder how
I wonder why
I wonder where they are
The days we had
The songs we sang together
Oh yeah
And all my love
I'm holding on forever
Reaching for…

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E. Methods learning
 Methods : Cooperative Learning
 Approachu : Scientist
F. Media, Tools and Learning Resources
 LCD / PROJECTOR
 Audio set / music
 Laptop
Kegiatan Rincian Waktu
Giving motivation
Initial activity Apperception 5 minutes
Convey learning objectives

Observe
• Students listen to a song entitled "You've 25 minutes
Core activities Got A Friend".

Questioning
• With the guidance and direction of the
teacher, questioning includes the name of
the singer, the feeling of the singer and the
moral message of the song, and the
meaning of the sentence in the song.

Explore
• Students complete Rumpang in the song
lyric that is heard.
• Students answer questions about song
content.

Associate
• Students listen to another song entitled
"When You Tell Me That You Love Me"
then compare it with the song that was
played before by analyzing the social
function, moral message and feelings of
the singer.
Communicate
Students in groups convey the results of
the analysis of the song they hear.

Students submit responses and conclusions

End activities about the material being studied 5 minutes

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 The teacher gives assignments, namely
listen to one song and appreciate.

a. Initial activity
1) Learning objectives

b. Core activities
1) Observe
Students listen to a song entitled "You've Got A Friend".
2) Questioning
Song about friendship. This theme is not too often expressed in this pop culture, but the lyrics
in this song are so influenced by the meaning of a friendship. Sung by Carole King, this song
You've Got a Friend became very famous for farewell events in schools. Maybe this is the
meaning of that ideal friendship. "Winter, spring, summber or fall. all you have to do is call.

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 and i'll be there. you've got a friend. Yes, true friends are those who will always be in any
situation. Both happy and difficult. Even proof of friendship is when in a difficult situation,
not everyone wants to be involved in it.
It is motivation and encouragement that is expected from a friend

1. Singer name?
2. Singer feeling?
3. The moral message of the song?
4. The meaning of the sentence in the song?

3) Exsploration

An empty street
An empty house
A hole inside 1)
I'm all alone
The rooms are getting 2)
I wonder how
I wonder why
I wonder where they are
The days we 3)
The songs we sang together
Oh yeah
And all my love
I'm holding 4)
Reaching for the love that seems so far
So I say a 5) prayer
And hope my dreams will take me there
Where the skies are blue
To see you once again, my love
Over seas from 6) to 7)
To find the place I love the most
Where the fields are green
To see you once again, my love

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 4) Associate
Students listened to another song with the same tone entitled "When You Tell Me That You
Love Me" then compared it to the song that was played before by analyzing the social
function, moral message and feelings of the singer.

5) Communicate
Students in groups convey the results of the analysis of the songs they hear.

c. End activities
Students submit responses and conclusions on the material studied
The teacher gives the task of listening to one song and appreciating it.

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