Author (Penulis)

RINA FITRIANI
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

13.1.01.08.0066

Abstract

Song cannot be separated from human life due to it is very familiar and its play a part in each stage. Song plays an essential role in teaching and learning language as teaching material, media or for brainstorming before starting the lesson. It can be utilized in order to develop students’ language abilities in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This research aimed to know the seventh grade students’ writing ability before and after being taught using modified song lyrics and the effect of modified song lyrics on the seventh grade students’ writing ability. The type of this research was quantitative research particularly pre-experimental with one-group pretest-posttest design. This research was conducted at UPTD SMPN 1 Semen. The subject of this research was the seventh grade students particularly VII-A class consist of 35 students with 16 males and 19 females. In collecting data, the researcher used written test in the form of short essay especially about describing animal. She used t-test formula for data analysis. The result shows that students’ writing ability after being taught using modified song lyrics are increasing. It is proved by the total score and the mean gained from post-test which is higher than pre-test. The total score gained from post-test was 2505 with the mean 71.57 while pre-test was 2050 with the mean 58.57. Thus, it can be concluded that modified song lyrics give significant effect on the students’ writing ability specifically in descriptive text. Keywords: writing, teaching writing, modified song lyrics

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PUBLISHED

2017-08-31

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

ISSUE

Vol. 01 No. 04 Tahun 2017

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