Increasing Young Learners’ Vocabulary Mastery By Using English Songs

Vocabulary is basic part of language when we learn english. Nowadays, introducing english vocabulary can be started in the kindergarten school. In early age, the young learners are easy to accept the language that has been given by teacher. Therefore, young learner in early age (approximately 3-4 years old) should get stimulation and learn english vocabulary in order to get preparation to study in higher level. This research was conducted to increase the young learners’ vocabulary mastery in b class of tungga dewi day-care. The classroom action research was implemented in this research. The teaching technique using songs were implemented through teaching and learning activities in two cycles of classroom action research. Each cycle of classroom action research was planning, acting, observing and reflecting. In this research, instruments to gather the data were field notes and observation checklists. Field notes and observation checklists were applied to take the data during the teaching learning process. The data would be analysed in order to solve the problems. Songs were applied in the activities of the first cycle of classrooms action research. The result of the first cycle was not quiet successful because the average of post –test score in cycle one was 37,8. Therefore, the teacher-researcher conducted the second cycle. The second cycle was conducted based on the result of the first cycle. Songs were combined the body movement in second cycle of the classroom action research. The result of the second cycle was successful because the average of post-test score was 77,78. As a conclusion, it can be concluded that the implementation of english songs could help to increase the young learner’s vocabulary mastery.


Introduction
Based on bill no.20,2003 especially in relation to article 1 about national education system for young learners in Indonesia or Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini (PAUD), it states that young learners' education has been started from the day a child is born to the age of approximately six years old. it is easier for them to understand the foreign language, too".Learning and introducing English as a foreign language to young learners, therefore, give more benefits rather than disadvantages.
English consists of some  Since experts believe that English should be introduced to young learners early, the teacher-researcher conducted some self-observations.In the first observation, the teacher-researcher found problem while teaching and learning process in young learner class.

The teacher-researcher was observed in
Tungga Dewi day-care Yogyakarta, the teacher did not introduce English vocabulary.They learnt Indonesian language in every meeting without inserted a few English vocabularies.
To get more data, the teacherresearcher asked the principle of

Findings and Discussions
The teacher-researcher analysed the observation checklists, interviews and field notes, she describes that the identification problem was done in the preliminary study, namely: (1) Tunggadewi DWP UGM day-care had no English subject; (2) the young learners did not have English knowledge.All of them lacked of vocabulary mastery.Therefore, based on the problems identification, the teacher-researcher made some plans and actions to improve the young learners' vocabulary in English.

Cycle One
The teacher-researcher made a plan to apply English songs in order to increase the young learners' vocabulary mastery.One of the songs was based on the theme which was transportation.The title of the song was "Row Row Your Boat".In the planning step, she also prepared lesson plans which were based on the "kurikulum" and "pogram semester" in Tungga Dewi day-care.

Cycle Two
The problems which arose in the cycle one had been analysed.They were learn both first and even foreign languages, like English naturally or in other words they learn their first language in same way as they learn a foreign language.According to Wells (1986) young learners learn a language from what they hear what others are saying and imitate the intonation or accent of those around them.The young learners observe their surrounding and they will re-produce it many times more creatively.Nurfauziah (2013) says that "in the early age when young learners learn a foreign language, The second perceptions from parents suggest that they have high ambition that their children can learn English lesson as soon as possible because they want their children can speak and master English language quickly.That is the reason why many parents send their children to go to the school which has an English subject.Brewster et al. (2002:1) states that "pressure to introduce early English learning has often come from parents".Brewster et al. (2002:1) "continues that parents have strongly beliefs that having English as a tool will benefit their children greatly by giving them more opportunities to gain economic, cultural or educational advantages".In short, it can help young learners to prepare for facing the global world.Parents also consider preparing their young learnersto continue to study at higher level (kindergarten) where English is already taught.This is in line withBoen (1989) Figure 3.1 the action research spiral based on Kemmis and Mc Taggart

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the young learners were confusing during learning process in the class; (2) the young learners were not familiar with the English vocabularies and songs; (3) the young learners got boredom while singing "Row Row Your Boat" song in the class; and (4" song and "Row Row Row Your Boat" song).It added in the core of teaching before starting first activity and second activity in lesson plan in order to make better understanding and make them familiar with English vocabularies; the teacher-researcher should give the instructions clearly than it should be clearer than the instruction in cycle one; and the teacher-researcher made the class more energizing and involve physical movement than cycle one.For a song entitled "Row Row Your Boat, the teacher-researcher tried to add some physical movement to the young learners in order to decrease the young learners' boredom.After implementing the English songs in the class, the teacher-researcher gave the tests.The teacher-researcher shown the result of pre-test and post-test