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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

In this chapter, there will be the presentation of conclusion and suggestion. The conclusions present about the answer of the problem formulation. The suggestions present about the suggestion for future studies on using pictures and songs to increase pupils’ vocabulary mastery especially for kindergarten pupils.

A. Conclusions

First of all, the researcher will restate the problem formulation before giving the detailed information of the conclusion. The problem of this research is how does the use of songs and pictures improve pupils’ vocabulary mastery of Mata Air Rumah Bermain dan Belajar, Condongcatur, Yogyakarta? From the previous chapter which discussed the process and finding of the research, it can be concluded that the use of pictures and songs can help the pupils of Mata Air Rumah Bermain dan Belajar to master English vocabularies about clothes. The detail explanation will be discussed in the following paragraphs. Pictures could be used as the media to teach vocabulary for the kindergarten pupils because the advantages of using pictures such as pictures can illustrate the meaning of the words, pictures can represent the situation in which it would be impossible to create in different way, and pictures can help the students to visualize the concept presented Smith and Robinson: 1980. The ability to visualize the meaning can help the pupils to master the vocabularies given. The steps in implementing pictures in the classroom will be recapped as follows. First, the teacher showed a poster. The poster here was used as the guideline for the teacher to tell stories. Besides poster, flashcards were also used in telling the story. After telling the story, the teacher continued the drilling process using flashcards. The pupils were asked to repeat the way the teacher pronounced the picture. Then, the pupils were also asked to read the flashcards one by one by themselves. Besides using pictures, the researcher also used songs in the research. Songs were used in this research because songs could help the both the pupils and the teacher in the classroom. Songs could help the pupils in the vocabulary learning because when the pupils felt bored, tense, and fear they could not learn effectively. Therefore, songs were used in classroom to minimize the presence of tension, fear, and boredom “singing songs in the classroom can reduce their fear and tension in learning English” Regino and Henry: 1998: 8. The summary of the songs implementation in the research will be shown on the following paragraph. After the teacher finished the drilling process using pictures, then the teacher used songs to continue the drilling process. The pupils were asked to sing songs along with the teacher. The songs used in this research was intentionally made for teaching purpose so that the teacher could use it to teach by changing the lyrics based on the topic of teaching. Songs, in this case, were not only for the drilling process but also as a means to minimize the presence of pupils’ boredom. In conclusion, pictures and songs could help the pupils of Mata Air Rumah Bermain dan Belajar to master English vocabulary.

B. Suggestions