THE USE U-DICTIONARY TO INCREASING THE STUDENT’ VOCABULARY

The lack of speaking competence is influenced by several factors. One of them is the English teachers haven’t used the modern media in teaching process which can motivate the students to learn English actively. The students of SMA Negeri 1 Sei Kepayang Kiri have low motivation in speaking English whether during the English learning proses or speaking in public. Therefore, the researcher conducted a study in which the researchers apply the use of U-Dictionary as a learning media to increase the students’ vocabulary in teaching speaking. U- Dictionary is one of English offline dictionary that can be downloaded by every student in every grade. It can be found at playstore, one of application in android phone. It is easy to use either to increase the vocabulary or to improve the ability in pronouncing English word because U- Dictionary not only provides the meaning of a word but also giving the spell of a word. With U-Dictionary, Everyone not only can translate words and short phrases, but also practice the skills in any language. U- Dictionary can be used as an effective learning media to increase the students’ vocabulary. From the main tab, everyone can quickly access short tests and mini games to practice any language wanted. By using U- Dictionary as a learning media in teaching speaking particularly increasing the vocabulary, the students’ vocabulary has increased significantly. Based on the pre-test result, it was showed that the students only master about fifty words for the four categories; noun, adjective, verb and adverb. It is not a good condition where the senior high schools students only master about fifty words. It is equal to primary students’ vocabulary. During the research, the students got many vocabularies at least one hundred new words based on the category; noun, adjective, verb and adver

THE USE U-DICTIONARY AS A LEARNING MEDIA TO INCREASE THE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY IN TEACHING SPEAKING

The students of SMA Negeri 1 Sei Kepayang Kiri have low motivation in speaking English whether during the English learning proses or speaking in public. Therefore, the researcher conducted a study in which the researchers apply the use of U-Dictionary as a learning media to increase the students’ vocabulary in teaching speaking. U- Dictionary is one of English offline dictionary that can be downloaded by every student in every grade. It can be found at playstore, one of application in android phone. It is easy to use either to increase the vocabulary or to improve the ability in pronouncing English word because U- Dictionary not only provides the meaning of a word but also giving the spell of a word. With U-Dictionary, Everyone not only can translate words and short phrases, but also practice the skills in any language. U- Dictionary can be used as an effective learning media to increase the students’ vocabulary. From the main tab, everyone can quickly access short tests and mini games to practice any language wanted. By using U- Dictionary as a learning media in teaching speaking particularly increasing the vocabulary, the students’ vocabulary has increased significantly. During the research, the students got many vocabulary at least one hundred new words based on the category; noun, adjective, verb and adverb.   Keywords:  U Dictionary – Vocabularies - Speakin

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGLISH SONGS IN TEACHING PRONUNCIATION TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SD BINTANG PERTIWI

The objective of this research is to find out the effectiveness of using English songs in teaching pronunciation to elementary students with descriptive method. Descriptive method was taken from the description of the situation of the object based on the fact in the field.  Meanwhile, the research design which was conducted in this research was classroom action research design by Miles and Hubermann (2010). Based on the research result and discussion, the use of English songs as the media in teaching pronunciation to the students in SD Bintang Pertiwi, the students’ ability in pronouncing English words has improved significantly. Songs were used as media because the lyrics of the song were easy to memorize. Therefore, it is possible for the students to comprehend the words they have listened and pronounced. English songs are effective to use as media in teaching pronunciation to elementary students. There is a significant improvement of students’ ability in pronouncing English words