This research is focused on the grammar especially conditional sentences. The teaching of grammar is generally felt boring and even confusing for students at MA Darul Ulum Semarang because it needs more analytical ability.
This research is aimed at finding the answer to the following research questions: How is the implementation of song improve students’ understanding on conditional sentences?
The objective of this study is to identify the implementation of song to improve students’ understanding on conditional sentences.
This study is a classroom action research that was done in three cycles. Data collection is done using observation, documentation, and test. To analyze the data, descriptive quantitative analysis is used; it is to present the result of study in the form of descriptive explanation. Statistic analysis is used to analyze the data about the improvement of students’ understanding on conditional sentences.
Result of the study shows that by using song can improve students’ understanding on conditional sentences at the eleventh grade of MA Darul Ulum Semarang in The Academic Year of 2010/2011. This success can be seen from the result of students’ average score and good responses students. The result after getting all of the treatment using song, the students’ average increased in line with the increase of the students’ score achievement in each cycle. Students’ average score from the pre cycle was 56.6, first cycle was 64, second cycle was 75.3, and the third cycle was 88.
Based on the result of the study, the writer suggested that the use of song can be an alternative way to teach language, especially to improve the students’ understanding on conditional sentences. This result hopefully would motivate language teacher to use song in teaching English in the classroom, especially when teaching grammar to the level of Senior High School students.