commit to user
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION, IMPLICATION, AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion
Based on the research conducted to solve the problem of vocabulary mastery in SD Negeri Kalimacan, teaching vocabulary using realia is effective in
improving the students’ vocabulary mastery especially in finding the meaning of words. Besides that using realia helps the students memorize the vocabularies
easier. The improvements of the students’ vocabulary mastery can be indicated from the improvement of the score test of pre-test and post-test in cycle 1 and
cycle 2. In cycle 1 the score of pre-test is 126.9 with mean score 7.05 and increase to 147 with mean score 8,16 in post-test. While in cycle 2 the score of pre-test and
post-test increase from 130.2 to 164.9 with mean score each is 7.23 to 9.16. Furthermore, the implementation of realia gives positive effect to the
students’ attitude in teaching and learning process. When the teacher implemented the use of realia in the teaching learning process, the students were observably
interested in the lesson and motivated to learn. They became more actively involved in teaching and learning process. The students were eager in answering
questions and doing exercises. The students were also willing to ask the teacher when they did not understand the material. The students were more enthusiastic in
joining the class so that the teaching learning process became more effective. . Based on the research finding above, the researcher conclude that
teaching English using realia can improve students’ achievement especially mastering English vocabulary. This also gives positive changes to the students’
attitude in learning. The implementation of realia makes the students pay more attention, active and motivated in learning English.
B. Implication
In teaching vocabulary to children, it is important to implement appropriate and attractive technique. Based on the result of the study, the
55
commit to user implementation of realia in teaching learning process improves the students’
achievement especially vocabulary mastery. The interesting teaching technique such as realia has been proven effective to substitute teacher role in drilling the
meaning of vocabulary. By using realia, it brings the students to have direct experience with the real image of the vocabulary. It helps the students to enter the
concept of the vocabulary. Besides, the use of realia in teaching is necessary to bring the students into good participation in learning. By using realia, the students
became interested in, active and enjoy the learning. However it should be remember that teaching vocabulary using realia
will be effective and efficient if the presenting vocabulary using realia is combined with fun learning activities such as guessing and matching word and
thing. An appropriate way can attract the students’ attention and help achieve the teaching aims. One way that has been proven to be an effective way of teaching
vocabulary using realia is by guessing and matching the word and thing dealing with the topic. This is because by the activity guessing and matching the word and
thing the students are trained to think, memorize and write the words by their selves. By this activity the students are directed to be more active in finding the
meaning of words
C. Suggestion