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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION
This chapter presents the finding of research. In this case the way to develop students’ vocabulary through clustering technique. At VIII class of SMP
Al-Kautsar BKUI Jakarta. Academic year 200132014. Related to the discussion of the finding, it is divided into three parts. Those are before applying the action,
the implementation of the action and discussion of the data after implementation the action.
A. Before Implementing the Action
There are three parts related to the fact-finding before implementing the action. Those are pre interview, pre observation, and pretest. Those explanations
as following:
1. The Result of Pre Interviewed
Pre-interview conduct in this study was unstructured interview. The writer asked the question divided into three categories of questions, involving the
general condition in English class, especially in vocabulary learning, the strategy in teaching vocabulary used by the teacher, and the difficulties faced by the
students in vocabulary learning and asking about clustering strategy. It was held on January 20
th
2014 stated at 10:00 A.M and finished at 11:00 A.M. First category discussed about the general condition in English class
especially in vocabulary learning. The teacher said that most of the students who did not like English class gained low competence in English. Besides, they still
faced problem in following the English lesson. They thought that English is complicated subject to be learned.
The second category discussed about the strategy used by the teacher in teaching vocabulary, the teacher said that sometimes he said the vocabulary and
give the meaning of it or finding it in a dictionary. The researcher asked the teacher about vocabulary clustering strategy. He hoped that this technique
clustering technique can b e effective in retaining students’ English vocabulary.
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The third category is the difficulty faced by the students focus on vocabulary. The teacher said that vocabulary was not the difficult English sub-
skills to be learned but the vocabulary were the main things of language, then we have to give special attention on this one of the elements of language without
knowledge of vocabulary the students will find many problems in learning language especially English. The students must achieve the Minimum Mastery
Criterion-Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal KKM then they have to master from the essential things of language in this case of vocabulary.
The result of the interview in term of students’ difficulties in gaining vocabulary were the students’ of SMP Al-Kautsar second grade still have
difficulties in gaining vocabulary.
2. The Result of Pre-observation
Pre observation was conducted to observe the process of teaching learning in gaining vocabulary before implementing the action. It was held at XIII
class of SMP Al-Kautsar BKUI academic 20132014. There consisted 33 students in this class. The pre observation was conducted on 22
th
January 2014. It started on 08:30 A.M and finished at 09:50 A.M. The writer observed and took notes
about teaching learning activity; it could be conclude that most of the students at the second year of SMP Al-Kautsar had difficulties in gaining vocabulary,
because most of them had lack of vocabulary. They are not interested to learn English, as they think English was difficult to study like Mathematics. This
situation appeared because they felt bored and there was no fun in the learning process. Their English teacher tended to use traditional technique in teaching
vocabulary. In this technique, the teaching learning process as the main role was only dominated by the teacher. The students were not given chance to be active to
develop their vocabulary.
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3. The Result of Pre-test
The pre test had been done before the classroom Action Research CAR. It was conducted on Monday, January 24
th
2014. It started at 08:30 A.M. and Finished at 09:50 A.M. Students should answer 30 questions in multiple choice.
Table 4.1 Students’ Vocabulary Score in Pre-test
No. Students’ Name Post-Test Score
1 Students 1
63 2
Students 2 79
3 Students 3
63 4
Students 4 66
5 Students 5
59 6
Students 6 40
7 Students 7
43 8
Students 8 59
9 Students 9
56 10
Students 10 50
11 Students 11
63 12
Students 12 56
13 Students 13
76 14
Students 14 56
15 Students 15
50 16
Students 16 76
17 Students 17
53 18
Students 18 56
19 Students 19
63 20
Students 20 69
21 Students 21
46 22
Students 22 56
23 Students 23
56 24
Students 24 66
25 Students 25
46 26
Students 26 53
27 Students 27
59 28
Students 28 59
29 Students 29
73 30
Students 30 73
31 Students 31
69 32
Students 32 53
33 Students 33
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