can get the students attention. And it is simply to make it. The teacher can use puppet animal when explain the word of animal.
d. Gives the word clue related to the clue: The teach gives clue about something that related to the material, and the students have to guess it. In
this sense, the teacher gives alternative words as the clue therefore this strategy is one of the good ways in guessing the unknown words.
There are many different ways of teaching vocabulary. The writer hopes these technique can use by the teacher in teaching vocabulary success.
Although there are many other factors supporting teaching and learning process, such as the using appropriate media, learning material which support
teaching learning process, class manag ement, and teacher’s ability and
creativity in developing and managing learning process optimal.
8. Vocabulary Rubric Assessment
A rubric is a coherent set of criteria for students work that includes descriptions of levels of performance quality on the criteria. Rubrics are
important because they clarify for students the qualities of their work that they should. This point is often expressed in terms of students understanding the
learning target and criteria for success. For this reason, rubrics help teachers teach, they help coordinate instruction and assessment, and they help students
learn. Here is the vocabulary rubric assessment
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:
VOCABULARY ASSESSMENT Poor
1 point Fair
2 points Good
3 points Excellent
4 points Match
words to definitions
Student is able to match only a few
words to their definitions
Student is able to match some of
the words to their definitions
Student is able to match most of
the words to their definitions
Student is able to match all of the
words to their definitions
Complete sentence
Student is able to complete only a
few sentence with the correct
vocabulary words Student is able to
complete some of the sentences
with the vocabulary
correct words Student is able to
complete most of the sentence with
the correct vocabulary
words Student is able to
complete all of the sentence with
the correct vocabulary
words
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RCampus, iRubric: Vocabulary Assessment Rubric, 2016, www.rcampus.com.
VOCABULARY ASSESSMENT Write
definitions
Student is able to write only a few
definitions Student is able to
write some of the definition
Student is able to write most of the
definitions Student is able to
write all of the definitions
Write original
sentences
Students is able to write a
sentence for only a few words
Student is able to write a sentence
for some of the words
Student is able to write a sentence
for most of the words
Student is able to write sentences
for all of the words
Mechanics
Student often misspells, does
not use correct punctuation.
Student sometimes
misspell, does not use correct
punctuation Student seldom
misspell, does not capitalize,
does not use correct
punctuation Student never
misspell, does not capitalize
does not use correct
punctuation
B. Crossword Puzzle Game
Crossword puzzle game is one kind of language game, the writer would like to discuss about the game before discuss about the crossword puzzle game.
1. Games a. Definition of Games
As the writer mentioned in the previous chapter, most of junior high school students admitted that they are usually bored in vocabulary learning.
They have never changed their learning habits, they just have to find out some word that they think it is unfamiliar word, asked to the teacher and let the
teacher translated the word. It makes them learn passively because they have no time to interact with the new word. Additionally, translating is not always
an effective way to introducing the new word to the students. In this study, the writer tried to use certain game that is crossword puzzle game to increase
students’ motivation in learning vocabulary. Before we talk wholly about the crossword puzzle game, we have to know what the game is.
According to Hornby, the game is an activity that you do to have some fun.
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Another definition of game is expressed on Oxford Advance Dictionary, game is an activity or a sport with rules in which people or teams compete
again each other. Since games can present fun and enjoyment in a classroom, thus it can be a good technique in language learning.
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Ali Sorayaie Azar, The Effect of Games on EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning Strategies, International Journal of Basic and Applied Science, Vol. 01, No. 02, Oct 2012, p. 253.
