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From the opinions above, it can be said that visual aids are a lot of fun, students enjoy them and they can be a motivator to learn because they are interesting.
The visual aids lift the pace and they are very memorable because imaginative experience helps them to develop their own memory powers. The use of visual aids
really helps students to learn the words. The problems in SD N Kenokorejo 04 motivate the researcher to find out the
solution to help the students’ difficulties in learning English. Therefore, the teacher needs interesting media to help the students to learn the vocabulary and to make the
students become more interested in learning English. The action research is carried out in the classroom by using visual aids. The research is conducted at SD N
Kenokorejo 04 by involving twenty two students of the fourth grade. Thus, the
reseacher is interested in carrying out a study on OPTIMIZING THE USE OF VISUAL AIDS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY A
CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH AT THE 4
TH
GRADE OF SD N KENOKOREJO 04 SUKOHARJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 20092010.
B. Limitation of the Problem
There are many problems concerning with teaching English in the Elementary School, but the researcher limits the study to help the students in mastering
vocabulary by optimizing the use of media in the class. The media that are used to support the teaching learning process are visual aids realiareal objects, pictures,
flash cards.
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C. Problem Statements
There are many problems in teaching-learning process which are mentioned in the background of the study above. The research focuses on certain problems related
to the efforts to overcome the difficulties in teaching learning of vocabulary. The researcher identifies the problems as follows:
1. Can optimizing the use of visual aids improve students’ vocabulary mastery?
2. Can teaching English using visual aids improve students’ motivation in learning
English?
D. The Objectives of the Study
In this research, the writer has some objectives: 1.
To find out whether optimizing the use of visual aids can improve the students’ vocabulary mastery.
2. To know whether visual aids can improve Elementary students’ motivation in
learning English.
E. The Benefits of the Study
This study may give some contributions in solving the problems related to teaching vocabulary. They are as follows:
1. For the teacher
The result of this research may help the teacher in choosing the technique and media in teaching vocabulary especially for Elementary
School students. By choosing an appropriate technique and media in teaching vocabulary, it is expected that the students can get better result in
mastering English vocabulary.
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2. For the Students
Through visual aids, the students can be interested to learn new words and they are more motivated in learning English. So, the students can enjoy
the teaching learning process. 3.
For the researcher This study is expected to give the researcher a valuable experience
which can be used for doing a better action research in the future.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
