their mind is still developing, their brain is still functioning maximally and they are motiva ted to study. In spite of the difficulties which might appear in the class,
the researcher believe that by choosing or even constructing an effective strategy, students will be able to learn English words effectively.
Since there is no curriculum of English available in OI 743 Petra Children Development Center, the researcher hover the chance to choose and to apply any
useful strategy for the learning of the students. This opportunity brings the researcher to adopt and to do a research in the researcher’s class without being
afraid of any inconvenience or objection from the chairman of the foundation. This foundation is considered as Non-Government Organization; hence, it gives
freedom to the researcher to set his learning as the researcher desired. In this research, the researcher tries to investigate any beneficial strategy
for the improvement of students’ retention in their vocabulary mastery. The track of finding or even constructing a strategy which is appropriate with students’
characteristics is considered from the previous actions taken by the researcher. The researcher is aware that some strategies do not function for the students of OI
743 Petra Children Development Center. The researcher hopes that this research will establish an appropriate strategy to teach English words toward the students
who face difficulties in memorizing English words they learn.
1.2 Problem Formulation
This research is going to answer the formulated problem as it is mentioned below.
What is the teaching strategy that is appropriate to improve the vocabulary learning achievement of the fifth grade students in OI 743 Petra Children
Development Center?
1.3 Problem Limitation
It is the responsibility of a language teacher to understand the difficulties faced by the students in their achievement in English vocabulary learning.
Moreover, students in the age of Elementary school level are considered capable to obtain good memorization of English words. Based on critical period theory,
young learners learn language better than adult s. As it is mentioned that students tend to forget the English words they learn
previously, the critical period theory has influenced the researcher to search for a strategy which is effective to teach English words to the fifth grade students in OI
743 Petra Children Development Center. The concern of this research is how to improve students’ retention in their English vocabulary learning. Therefore a
strategy is looked for the teaching of English words in OI 743 Petra Children Development Center.
1.4 Research Objective
The objective is to investigate a teaching strategy which is appropriate to improve the achievement of the fifth grade students in their vocabulary learning in
OI 743 Petra Children Development Center.
1.5 Research Benefits
This research is expected to bring beneficial effects toward both the teacher and the fifth grade students of Elementary school level in OI 743 Petra
Children Development Center. The benefits of this research are first, it is aimed to give a good view related to the process of retention that occurs in English
vocabulary learning in OI 743 Petra Children Development Center. Second, the result is expected to help the fifth grade students of
Elementary school level in OI 743 Petra Children Development Center in their English learning. By providing an effective strategy, it is expected that they are
able to increase their achievement in their English words learning. Third, it will ease the ir formal English teacher in their formal study. The
students of the fifth grade of Elementary school level in OI 743 Petra Children Development Center have been educated effectively in their vocabulary learning.
They are expected to do better in their English formal study.
1.6 Definition of Terms
