Using Action Research to Improve Vocabulary Teaching in A Private Kindergarten in Salatiga

This is an action research aiming to improve the English vocabulary teaching in the EFL classroom of the second year kindergarten. The participants of this study were 33 kindergarten students (16 boys and 17 girls) of a private kindergarten in Salatiga, Central Java. The data of this study were collected through teaching journals and vocabulary test results. The results of this study are summarized in three findings. First, songs can be used as media to help teachers teach vocabulary. Through singing, students frequently repeat the words that make them memorize the words longer. Second, through singing activities, teachers can easily grab and draw the students’ attention to the lessons. Teachers do not need to spend a lot of effort to make the students stay focused on the topic. Third, action research makes a teacher more reflective. By constantly reflecting on my own teaching, I became a better teacher. However, as this action research project is limited only to my teaching situation, the result cannot be applicable to othe