Problems of the Research Objectives of the Research Significance of the Research
achievement. The percentage of the average of the total number of the active students was 68.05 in cycle 1, and it became 81.95 in cycle 2. Besides, the percentage of
the total number of the students who achieved the standard score was improved from 55.6 in the first cycle to 77,8 at the second cycle.
In addition, there were some previous researches concerning the use of pictures to imp
rove the students’ vocabulary achievement only. A classroom action research conducted by Nurlaeli, Sutisna and Rahmah 2012 which investigated the sixth grade
students’ vocabulary achievement using picture at MI Sirojul Aulad Bogor, revealed that The percentage of the total number of the students who got standard score in that
school was increased 63.3 in cycle 1 became 86.7 in the cycle 2. Another
classroom action research conducted by Siddiqa and Saragih 2012 which was done to improve the seve
nth grade students’ vocabulary achievement at SMP Nurul Hasannah Medan revealed that that
the students’ mean of the second cycle was
77.29, it was higher than the mean of the first cycle 72.71. This research did the similar thing with the previous researches. The similarity
among previous researches and this research was on the medium used. However the medium in this research had been modified. While the differences among the
previous researches and this research were laid on the research subjects, and research area. In this research, the researcher proved that a picture file with the category of
someone ’s activities could improve the students’ vocabulary achievement that
covered regular and irregular verbs. The design of the research was Classroom Action Research CAR that was conducted at the eighth C grade students of MTs N 1
Jember. Considering the background, the researcher was interested in conducting Classroom Action Research entitled
“Improving VIII C Grade Students’ Active Participation Achievement on Regular and Irregular Verbs in Recount Text by Using
A picture file at MTs N 1 Jember. ”