The Effectiveness of Songs for Vocabulary Mastery
Keywords:
Vocabulary Mastery, English SongAbstract
Vocabulary is an important aspect that must be learned when someone wants to master English. Many students have difficulty in mastering vocabulary. So, in learning it, students need media that can support and make it easier for them to learn vocabulary. This article aims to find out whether songs can be used as a medium for someone to learn and master vocabulary and how it
affects them. From several studies, it has been proven that song is an effective medium for learning vocabulary. Songs can foster students' motivation to learn vocabulary. Songs help students to get a lot of new vocabulary, then students can identify the meaning of words in Englishthrough the lyrics in the song. Of course, students' vocabulary mastery increases through songs.