Problem Limitation Problem Statements Objectives of the Study The Benefits of the Study

commit to user 3 To overcome those problems, the teacher must create interesting and enjoyable teaching learning activities, especially for young learners. There are many methods that are appropriate to teach English. One of the methods is audio- visualized narrative text. Audiovisual aids can help the students’ imagine the real things. It can relate both teacher’s idea and student’s idea. By watching the movie the students can see the real things. Besides, the students will be entertained with attractive narrative and they will feel comfortable with the atmosphere in process of teaching and learning. Audiovisual aids used in narrative text have the potential material to overcome the problem in SMP Negeri 1 Tempuran. Therefore, the problems of vocabulary can be solved. Based on the description above, the reseacher was interested to improve students’ vocabulary mastery through audio-visualized narrative text. By watching and listening the material within audio-visual aids, the students learn to grasp by seeing and listening. That is why the researcher conducted this research under the title: IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH AUDIO- VISUALIZED NARRATIVE TEXT A Classroom Action Research of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Negeri 1 Tempuran, 2009 2010.

B. Problem Limitation

The writer limited the scope of the research only in the techiques to help the students memorizing certain vocabularies dealing with the themes used in Click here to buy A w w w .ABBYY.c o m Click here to buy A w w w .ABBYY.c o m commit to user 4 teaching English to Eighth Grade Junior High School. The themes are Experience in the Farm and Experience in the Kitchen.

C. Problem Statements

The problem of the study had been formulated into the following questions: 1. Can audio-visualized narrative text improve students’ vocabulary mastery? 2. What happens when audio-visualized narrative text is implemented in the classroom? 3. How does audio-visualized narrative text improve students’ vocabulary?

D. Objectives of the Study

The objectives of the study were: 1. To find out whether audio-visualized narrative text can improve students’ vocabulary mastery. 2. To find out what happens when audio-visualized narrative text is implemented in the classroom. 3. To describe the steps in using audio-visualized narrative text to improve students’ vocabulary.

E. The Benefits of the Study

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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW