suggestopedia. As the English teacher, the teacher has to create interesting model of teaching and atmosphere of learning process that makes student relaxed and fun to
student comprehending in mastery their vocabulary. In this study, the writer arranges to help students to comprehend their vocabulary in fun and relax situation by
Suggestopedia Method. Brown said that “suggestopedia was a method that was derived from
Bulgarian psychologist Georgi Lazanov’s 1979 contention that the human brain
could process great quantities of material if given the right conditions for learning, which are state of relaxation and giving o
ver of control to the teacher”.
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Students must be comfortably relaxed in learning process by using soft music or classical as
the background. The teacher brings the material and motivate for students. To create the classroom comfortable in comprehend of vocabulary process without students
under pressure to get ideas from they read. Suggestopedia most use centrality of music and music rhythm in learning.
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Suggestopedia claimed as a dramatic learning process because it uses music, music rhythm, classroom management, the decoration of classroom, and so on.
If suggestopedia is apply in teaching learning vocabulary, the students will be fun with different atmosphere in the classroom by using poster, relaxation by using
music in their study, to make them not only remember but also understand the words. It is suitable to apply suggestopedia as a treatment for students to help them
understand the vocabulary. From those statements above, it can be conclude that suggestopedia method
will improve students’ vocabulary mastery by makes them relax and comfort when they study.
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H.Douglas Brown. Teaching by Principles; An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy, New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc, 2001 p27
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Richard. Op. Cit, p100
In conclusion, the writer will conduct the research about “The
Effectiveness of S uggestopedia Method in Students’ Vocabulary Mastery A Quasi-
Experiment Study at the Eight Grade of 166 Junior High School Jakarta.
B. Identification of The Problem
1. Students in seventh grade at 166 Junior High School lack of vocabulary
2. English teachers in 166 Junior High School use a bored method in teaching
vocabulary
C. Limitation of The Research
Based on the problem identification above, the writer tends focus on the effectiveness using suggestopedia method on students’ vocabulary understanding at
the eighth grade students of 166 Junior High School.
D. Research Question
Based on the limitation above, it is formulated the problem in a research question
“Is Suggestopedia Effective on Students’ Vocabulary Understanding at the Eight Grade Students of 166
Junior High School?”
E. Significance of The Research
This study is expected to get the result that will be useful for readers, in terms of: 1.
For the English teachers about the using methods in the classroom and the importance of vocabulary in teaching English.
2. To motivate students to increase their vocabulary.
3. It is hoped that this study will contribute or would be of any value to other
students in conducting further research of the similar topic. 4.
Directly, the writer’s knowledge can be developed by investigating the topic.
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CHAPTER II THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK
This chapter presents the description of theoretical framework used in the study. It includes definition of vocabulary, types of vocabulary, method of
teaching vocabulary, definition of suggestopedia method, characteristics of suggestopedia method, technique of suggestopedia, teaching vocabulary by
suggestopedia method, advantages and disadvantages of using suggestopedia method in teaching vocabulary, previous relevant study, conceptual framework ,
hypothesis study.
A. Vocabulary
1. Definition of Vocabulary
Vocabulary has certainly found in every aspect of language. The importance of vocabulary can influence learning activity. Vocabulary can help
learner to express their ideas and information. According to Stahl and Nagy, vocabulary knowledge involves all the words known by the students and use in
listening and speaking as well as reading and writing.
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Without vocabulary, learner cannot understand about the information that they learnt. In other words,
learner should have large vocabulary in order to do well for their competencies. Wilkins assumed that
“without grammar, very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed”.
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For this reason, a person who wants to be able to communicate in a certain language has to master the
vocabulary of that language for the first time. In Oxford Dictionary, vocabulary can be defined as the number of words
that make up a language.
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It means that vocabulary build a language. Crystal
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M. Nowbakht, Ahmad Moinzadeh, Azizollah Dabaghi, Issues in Vocabulary Learning and Teaching, MJLTM, Vol.5, Issue 2, June 2015, p.247.
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Scott Thornbury, How to Teach Vocabulary, Harlow: Longman Pearson Education Ltd, 2002, p. 13
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A.S Hornby. Oxford advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Oxford : Oxford University
Press, 1985, p.956
stated that, “a fixed set of words used as part of the definition of other words”.
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It is found in such contexts as foreign-language teaching, the teaching of reading,
and lexicography. According to Webster , on Zainuri’s „English Vocabulary’ book,
vocabulary was defined as follows: a
A list or collection of words or of words and phrases usually alphabetically arranged and explained or defined.
b A sum or stock of words employed by a language group individual or
work or in relation to a subject: scope of language. c
A list of a foreign language textbook of the words and phrases taught or used.
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Hatch and Brown said, “vocabulary refers to a list or set of words for a particular language or a list or a set of words that individual speakers of a
language might use.”
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In addition, Jack C. Richards and Willy A Renandya stated that “vocabulary is a core component of language proficiency and provides much
of the basis for how well learners speak, listen, and write.”
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In learning English, students in high school should learn a new vocabulary. They have to master a
language component in order to comprehend the information, and able to speak and write in English.
From those definitions above, it can be concluded that vocabulary is the basic of language that can be used by individual speaker. It is a very important
tool to master a language. Mastering new language is not easy because some aspects of language are not easy to learn, it is impossible to learn a new language
without mastering vocabulary. Vocabulary is the important aspect of improving communication skills. A learner of a foreign language will speak fluently if heshe
masters it. Vocabulary will help a learner write easily, and understand what he
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David Crystal, A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics sixth edition, Cambridge, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, p.132
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A.S Hornby in A.M Zainuri, English Vocabulary 1: Revised Edition, Jakarta: UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, 2004, p. 1.
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Evelyn Hatch and Cheryl Brown, Vocabulary, Semantics, and Language Education, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998, p.1.
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Jack C. Richards and Willy A Renandya.. Methodology in Language Teaching, An Anthology of Current Pactice. NewYork: Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 225.
