By Amik Amri Rahmadhi, M.Pd
“Ketika mimpimu yg begitu indah,
tak pernah terwujud..ya sudahlah
Saat kau berlari mengejar anganmu,
dan tak pernah sampai..ya sudahlah (hhmm)”
*reff:
“Apapun yg terjadi, ku kan slalu ada untukmu
Janganlah kau bersedih..coz everything's gonna be OKAY”
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This song is very popular song today in Indonesia. Bondan and FTB sing it very well. I am sure all Indonesian know it well, both children and adult. So, here in my paper, I want to give my experience in teaching English as second language by using this song. I motivate my students by singing together this song. Not the real song but first I must change the lyric into English, my own lyrics. I always sing this song together with my students before the lesson begun. The following is an explanation about it.
As stated in the opening of this paper I quote a part of “Ya Sudahlah” song. Now I rewrite the lyrics into English. Actually I don’t translate and Sing all the lyrics.
Look at the following explanation!!
B:
Ketika mimpimu yg begitu indah,
tak pernah terwujud..ya sudahlah
Saat kau berlari mengejar anganmu,
dan tak pernah sampai..ya sudahlah (hhmm)
Here is My English version:
When we have a dream, and wanna make it real
So don’t be lazy guys, never give up!
When we have an ideal, and wanna make it true
So be careful guys, never give up! (hhmm)
*reff:
"Apapun yg terjadi, ku kan slalu ada untukmu
Janganlah kau bersedih..coz everything's gonna be OKAY"
Here is My English version:
We wanna be the best, we will always study hard English
So don’t worry be happy. coz everything's gonna be OKAY
Santoz: (rapper version)
"yo..Satu dari sekian kemungkinan
kau jatuh tanpa ada harapan
saat itu raga kupersembahkan
bersama jiwa, cita,cinta dan harapan"
Here is My English version (rapper version):
When we have a dream, and wanna make it real
So don’t be lazy guys, never give up.
When we have an ideal, and wanna make it true
So be careful guys, never give up
B:
"Sempat kau berharap keramahan cinta,
tak pernah kau dapat..ya sudahlah
yeeah..dengar ku bernyanyi..lalalalalala
heyyeye yaya dedudedadedudedudidam..semua ini belum *****hir"
Here is My English version:
When we have a dream, and we want to make it real
So don’t be lazy guys, never give up.
yeeah..we want to say lalalalalala
heyyeye yaya dedudedadedudedudidam….Let’s be the best, let’s be the best
back to *reff
This song I use to motivate my students. By singing this song together with all my students, they will never be afraid again to study English especially speaking. I hope the Indonesian English teachers follow my way. The following is further information how we apply it in our classroom.
Level: SMP/ MTs – SMA/ MA – University/ College
Activities/ Procedure:
Before the lesson is started, the teacher asks one of student to come forward to be the leader to sing together.
Then that boy/ girl says” Now, stand up please!. Before we start our lesson let’s sing together. One, two, three, four ….
Here is this song:
When we have a dream, and wanna make it real
So don’t be lazy guys, never give up.
When we have an ideal, and wanna make it true
So be careful guys, never give up (hhmm)
***
*reff:
We wanna be the best, we will always study hard English
So, don’t worry be happy. coz everything's gonna be OKAY
***
(rapper version)
When we have a dream, and wanna make it real
So don’t be lazy guys, never give up.
When we have an ideal, and wanna make it true
So be careful guys, never give up
***
When we have a dream, and we want to make it real
So don’t be lazy guys, never give up.
yeeah..we want to say lalalalalala
heyyeye yaya dedudedadedudedudidam….Let’s be the best, let’s be the best
***
back to *reff
back to *reff
(This song is repeated twice).
Notes:
In the first meeting of odd semester, the teacher should give this song to the students in order that they know and sing this song.
This activity can be done for the whole semester or if we know that our students look boring, unmotivated or tired, we can ask them to sing this song. That’s the simple way!
It’s better if we raise both our hands and move it to the right and left of our head.
