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Future Researchers
The researcher also hopes that this research can inspire other researchers who are also interested in this topic. Hopefully, this research can stimulate other
researchers to develop more and conduct further research related to this topic. It is also hoped that future researchers are able to develop more about the use of
anagrams to teach vocabulary.
F. Definition of Terms
The researcher provides the definition of terms that related to this study. They are vocabulary learning, anagrams, and the students of XI IPA 1 SMA
Pangudi Luhur Sedayu. Those are described as follows.
1. Vocabulary Learning
According to Wallace 1982, vocabulary learning is a complex process which requires the ability to recognize the words, remember them, and to
pronounce, spell and use them correctly. It means that the main goal of vocabulary learning is to make the studentsable to recognize the words, remember
them, and also pronounce and spell the words correctly. In addition Allen and Vallete 1972 stated that vocabulary learning can be meaningful if the teacher
can conduct the teaching process by combining the available techniques of teaching. In this study, the vocabulary learning refers to the activity of the
students in class to learn vocabulary using anagrams. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
2. Vocabulary Learning Strategy
According to Catalan 2003, vocabulary learning strategy is a process or strategy which provides certain steps taken by learners to learn vocabulary. In this study, the
researcher sets 3 steps for the vocabulary learning strategy. The steps are the first three steps of Revised Bloom Taxonomy. They are remember, understand, and apply. Thus, the
students are expected to remember the new words, understand them, and apply them. The researcher only takes the first three steps of the Revised Bloom Taxonomy because of the
limited time.
3. Anagrams
According to Dale ORourke 1971 anagrams are words made by transposing letters of one word to form another. In addition,
Dale O’Rourke 1971 stated that anagrams comes from Greek ana back + gramma letter. In
this study, anagrams are the media which are used to help the students of XI IPA 1, SMA Pangudi Luhur Sedayu to learn vocabulary.
The researcher prepared the anagrams. The wordsin the anagrams are based on the reading passage which is related to the material. In this research, the
anagrams have a clue and some have two clues to help the students answer the questions. The clues are in the form of the definition of the words, the synonim, or
the part of speech, for example “Key word: LAME, Clue: Synonim of food, Answer: MEAL.”
4. The Students of XI IPA 1 class, SMA Pangudi Luhur Sedayu
