TECHNIQUE OF TEACHING VOCABULARY USED BY THE TEACHER IN SDN 01 SIDOREJO, PROBOLINGGO

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TECHNIQUE OF TEACHING VOCABULARY USED BY THE

TEACHER IN SDN 01 SIDOREJO, PROBOLINGGO

THESIS

By:

IKA NUR AZIZAH

08360063

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMADIYAH MALANG

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TECHNIQUE OF TEACHING VOCABULARY USED BY THE

TEACHER IN SDN 01 SIDOREJO, PROBOLINGGO

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

By:

IKA NUR AZIZAH

08360063

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMADIYAH MALANG

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO

“J ika kamu percaya pada dirimu, tidak ada yang dapat

menghentikan mu untuk mencapai apa yang kamu inginkan.K arena

di setiapke sulitan pasti A L L A H memberikan jalan ”

" D a n r en d a h k a n l a h d i r i m u t er h a d a p m er ek a ber d u a

d en ga n p en u h k esa y a n ga n d a n u ca p k a n l a h : "W a h a i T u h a n k u , k a si h i l a h m er ek a k ed u a n y a , seba ga i m a n a m er ek a

ber d u a t el a h m en d i d i k a k u w a k t u k eci l " (QS. A l -I sr a '17:24)

“

D ream what you dare to dream, go where you want to go, be what

you want to be”

DEDICATION

This thesis dedicated to:

 My beloved father Ali Wafa and mother Murnati for their praying, support and love.

 My beloved sister Badriatun, for their good advises and support.  My all big family in Sidorejo - Probolinggo

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Alhamdulillah, first and foremost the writer wants to praise and grateful to Allah SWT for giving health, affection and blessing and also sholawat to his prophet Muhammad SAW for guiding her from darkness to the brightness. The writer also would like to express her deepest gratitude to Drs, Erly Wahyuni, M.Si her first advisor for his kindness in giving suggestion, guidance and advice during the consultation period and comments and corrections during finishing this thesis; Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum,M.Ed her second advisor for giving her the construction comments in making the thesis better and for the motivation and support; and to all lectures and examiners at the English Department, for teaching her a lot of things in the course they taught.

Her biggest appreciation refers to her family, her beloved mother Murnati, father Ali Wafa, her sister oliv Quna, mbk Nopi, Tri, Amel, Citra, Alif, Luhlu and her brother Didin, who always pray and support her in happiness and sorrow and give love, support and motivation.

Finally, her sincere gratitude goes to everybody that cannot be mentioned one by one who had helped her finish the thesis. Thanks a lot for the supports, advices, criticisms, and jokes. Eventually, may Allah SWT always keep them in save and peace condition and also give them the appropriate rewards, AMIN!

Malang, 16 April 2014 The Writer,

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE ... i

APPROVAL ... ii

LEGALIZATION ... iii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION ... iv

ABSTRACT ... v

ACKOWLEDGMENTS ... vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS ... viii

CHAPTER IINTRODUCTION ... 1

1.1 Background of study ... 1

1.2 Statementsof Problem... 4

1.3 Purpose of Study ... 4

1.4 Significance of Study ... 4

1.5 Scope and Limitation... 5

1.6 Definition of The Key Terms... 5

CHAPTER IIREVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ... 6

2.2Teaching English to Young Learners ... 6

2.2 Characteristic of Young Learners ... 7

2.3Technique of Teaching Vocabulary ... 8

2.3.1 Techniques of Teaching Vocabulary Using Games ... 9

2.3.2 Technique of Teaching Vocabulary Using Listen and Repeat ... 10

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2.3.3 Technique of Teaching Vocabulary Using Role play ... 11

2.3.4 Technique of Teaching Vocabulary Using Listen and Do ... 12

2.3.5 Technique of Teaching Vocabulary Using Song ... 12

CHAPTER IIIRESEARCH METHODOLOGY ... 14

3.1 Research Design ... 14

3.2 Subject of the Study ... 15

3.3 Research Instrument ... 15

3.3.1 Interview ... 15

3.3.2 Obsevation ... 16

3.3.3 Document ... 17

3.4 Data Collection ... 18

3.5 Data Analysis ... 18

CHAPTER IVFINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ... 19

4.1 Findings ... 19

4.1.1 The Teacher’s Techniques in Teaching Vocabulary ... 19

4.1.2 The Way the English Teacher Applied the Techniques in Teaching Vocabulary ... 20

4.2 Discussions ... 34

CHAPTER VCONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ... 36

5.1 Conclusions ... 36

5.2 Suggestion... 37 REFERENCES

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REFERENCES

Ary, Donald.2002. Introduction to Research in Education. Sixth Edition. New York.

Anand , Kasihani E. 1999. Teaching English to Young Learners. Unpublished material. Malang : UM Press.

Brown, H. D. 2007. Principles of Language Learning And Teaching: Fourth Edition.New York: Longman.

Brown, H. D. 2000. Principles of Language Learning And Teaching: Fourth Edition.New York: Longman.

Cameron, Lynne. 2001.Teaching Languages to Young Learners. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. Creswell, John W.2009. Research Design:

Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Method Approaches. California: SAGE Publication, Inc.

Cahyono. 2013. Materials and Media in English Laguage teaching. Unpublished material. Malang: UM Press.

Kasihani K.E.Suyanto. 2007. English for young learners. Jakarta: PT Bumi Aksara.

Hariani, D.R. 2006. Teaching Media Used by the Teacher in Teaching English for Young Learners at TK Tunas Rimba Tuban. Unpublished Thesis of Muhammadiyah University of Malang.

Scoot,W.A. and L.H.Ytreberg.1990.Teaching English to Children. London: longman.

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1 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

This chapter presents (1) background of study, (2) problem of study, (3) purpose of study, (4) significance of study, (5) scope and limitation, and (6) definition of key term. Each section is presented as follows.

1.1 Background of The Study

In this globalization era, all nations need to communicate each other. To be able to cummunicate with other countries we need English as a global language.Nowadays, English is very important, is used as a meant of international communication. As the consequent English is important to be studied, it is better to be taught in theearly time to the learner, moreover English in Elementary School has become a subject with the position as a local subject. According to Education and Culture in Suyanto (2007: 2), states that an elementary school can include extra lesson in its curriculum. It means that teaching English can be conducted in the elementary school.

Teaching English in elementary school is only giving introduction for the students to know English as soon as possible. So, when teaching them, it should be taught in a simple form and makes the students relax and interested. According to Brown (2000), physical activities such as playing game, making things, songs to gathers and drama can provide excellent contexts for children to learn English.

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When children are having fun, they usually want to continue the activities. Children also need individual attention and support from the teacher to

make them feel more confident and secure about learning English,so that they felt enjoy and happy when studied English.

As a teacher, teaching English in elementary school is not easy like teaching adult students. Here, teacher needs enough preparation, the various techniques, the media, act, and the teacher must be creative to make the students interest and happy to learn English.

According to Hedge in learning a foreign language, vocabulary plays an important role. It is one of the most important aspects of the foreign language learning. Rich vocabulary helps people to understand learn new word (2000). When we are teaching an elementary school, we must give them vocabularies, because learning a foreign language need a vocabulary to know the basic of that language. So, teaching English as a foreign language needs to include about vocabulary to encourage their comprehension grow well.

The researcher agrees that vocabulary is one of the most important things for studying foreign language, but a technique of teaching vocabulary take essential attention for teacher to reach the goal of learning the foreign language. According to Suyanto (2007), technique of teaching is one factor that plays an important role in learning process. It means that the student’s success in learning activities depends on the teacher techniques. So, in teaching and presenting vocabulary, the teacher must be creative and able to explain the material clearly to make students interested and understand in it. Besides, the teacher needs to apply some techniques in order to support the teaching and learning process. Teaching

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techniques are the way for making the learning process more active and helpful for the teacher to manage the classroom.

The statement above is supported by Anand (2002: 3), who investigated the technique of teaching vocabulary to children at SDN 1 Mulyo Agung Jetis, Malang. He found that the effective teaching techniques of vocabulary are guessing picture, asking and answering questions and singing a song, among those three techniques, students are interested in singing a song. They were very enthusiastic because they were free to express their styles and they felt happy. Besides, Basuki (2006:2), who investigated the technique of teaching vocabulary to the third year students of SDN Bangselok 111 Sumenep Madura, found out that the effective teaching techniques of vocabulary was include the translation technique, visual technique, the repetition technique, and the game technique. That technique is very important because students could enjoy the material presented. In short, teaching vocabulary by using various techniques are able to make a student’s enjoy the material presented and get easier to understand.

Based on the background, it is necessary for the researcher to study about the techniques of teaching vocabulary and how to apply the techniques at SDN 01 Sidorejo, Probolinggo. This school is chosen as the subject of the study,becausethe teacher that does not have any English educational background and the technique are received is able to implement the techniques.She just takessome courses in Pare. Also by using various technique at SDN 01 Sidorejo,Probolinggo, it can help the comprehension, and make the student happy and enjoy the material in the learning process.

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1.2 Statements of The Problem

Based on the background of the study,the problems are formulated as follows:

1. What techniques are used by the teacher at SDN 01 Sidorejo, Probolinggo? 2. How does the English teacher apply the techniques in teaching vocabulary at

SDN 01 Sidorejo, Probolinggo?

1.3 Purpose of The Study

Related to the statements of problem, the purposes of this study are:

1. To know the techniques used by the English teacherat SDN 01 Sidorejo, Probolinggo.

2. To describe how the teacher apply those techniques in teaching vocabulary at SDN 01 Sidorejo,Probolinggo.

1.4 Significance of The Study

The result of this study is expected to give contribution to the English teacher about the techniques applied in teaching vocabulary for young learners at SDN 01 Sidorejo, Probolinggo. After knowing the techniques of teaching vocabulary, the researcher hopes that the teacher is able to increase the techniques in teaching vocabulary. Furthermore, the research will contribute to the improvement of teaching techniques vocabulary of the Elementary school.

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1.5 Scope and Limitation

This study will be focused on the teaching techniques used by the English teacher in teaching vocabulary at SDN 01 Sidorejo,Probolinggo. In addition, this study is limited to the fourth grade students at SDN 01 Sidorejo, Probolinggo.

1.6 Definition of The Key Terms

1. Teaching is showing or helping someone to learn how to do something, providing with knowledge, giving instruction, guiding in the study of something, causing to know or understand (Brown, 2000:7).

2. Technique is a wide variety of exercises, activities, or task used in the language classroom for realizing lesson objectives (Brown,2001:16). 3. Vocabulary is the words that need to be enriched and established as they