Background Objectives Benefits INTRODUCTION

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

A. Background

In elementary school, children just study Basic English. They study about English Vocabulary and English basic grammar. In learning those items, pictures will be helpful for children in developing their learning. They will understand better when they have something object associated with. Picture is one of media to introduce English to young learners. Wendi A.Scott and Lisbeth H. Ytreberg, in their book, 1990: 108 , explain that “Most activity for younger learner should include movement and involve sense. You will need to have plenty of object and pictures to work with.” By using pictures, students will be motivated more to learn English. Considering the situation above, the writer was interested and decided to complete the job training in SD Bratan I in Laweyan district, Surakarta regency. In the elementary school, English is taught as a compulsory subject. The writer focused on her teaching which used pictures in the first grade as the source of the data in the final project. The writer found out the use of pictures is highly effective.Based on the explanation above, the topic that will be discussed in this final project is The Effectiveness of Using Pictures in English Vocabulary to the First Grade Student of SD Bratan I 1 commit to user

B. Objectives

There are objectives from this research which are formulated as follows: 1. To describe the application of using pictures in teaching English skills to first grade students of SD Bratan I Surakarta. 2. To find out how effective is using pictures in teaching English skills to the first grade students of SD Bratan I.

C. Benefits

There are the benefits which are obtained from this research is expected to be beneficial for: 1. The English teacher of elementary school - The result of this final project can help the teacher to develop herhis teaching method. - To give another choice of method to teach English to young learners. - To find an alternative to make students more motivated in learning English. 2. SD Bratan I - This final project can give positive input to SD Bratan I Surakarta to improve the quality of English Teaching there. 1 commit to user

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW