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A. Introduction
The researcher noted the results of pre-research in her field note. Pre- research was held before conducting the research in order to identify the problems
occurring during the teaching learning process. In the pre-research, the researcher interviewed the teacher and students, and also observing the teaching learning
process. The researcher also conducted pre-test to prove those problems faced by the third students of SDN Sidorejo Lor 1 Salatiga.
Based on the interview and observation in pre-research, English was taught in SDN Sidorejo Lor 1 Salatiga from the first grade. In the first and second grade, the
students were just taught about the equivalent meaning of each English word in Indonesian. In the classes, the teacher used picture to help the students. Then, the
researcher focused on the third grade students because they started to learn using words in simple sentences, or even simple text. Based on the mark that researcher got
from the teacher, the third grade students’ vocabulary mastery was still low because the students felt that English was not their language. It is based on a student’s
statement. She said, “Miss, kalau ngasih nilai jangan pelit- pelit donk. Kita khan orang Indonesia, bukan orang Inggris.” They felt that English was so difficult. Based
on the observation and interview to some students, the difficulties were identified as follows: a the students got difficulties in pronouncing words correctly; b the
students got difficulties in remembering and grasping the word meaning; c the students got difficulties to use the words in sentences; and d the students got
difficulties in writing words spelling words correctly. In teaching English, the
commit to user teacher never gave brainstorming, even, when they learned new text, the teacher just
gave the meaning of difficult word to the students. The students were just given by a lot of tasks from the book. Consequently, the students got tired and bored in doing the
assignment. The students could not remember the meaning of words well and use words in appropriate context. Moreover, they could not pronounce and spell words.
The teacher rarely drilled them to pronounce and spell words. Considering those causes, the researcher proposed to use new technique by
using word webs in main activity, as warming up, and also post activity in presenting and practicing some vocabularies through classroom action research in order to
improve students’ vocabulary mastery. The researcher wants to improve students’ vocabulary mastery which involves pronouncing the words correctly, recognizing the
words meaning, using the word based on the context, and spelling the letters of the words.
B. Research Findings
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