D. Formulation of the Problem
Based on the background of study above, the writer formulates research problems as follow
: “Is it effective to use picture storybook in teaching vocabulary particularly on noun and adjective?
”
E. The Objectives of the Study
The objective of this study is to find out the empirical evidence about the effectiveness of
using picture storybook towards students’ vocabulary mastery particularly on noun and adjective.
F. The Significance of the Study
The research will give some useful information about the effectiveness of using picture
storybook on students’ vocabulary mastery. Hopefully, the result of this research is useful for teachers, students, and other researcher. The result will be used
for the following:
1. For teachers
Teacher could explore various ways of teaching vocabulary, one of them is picture storybook.
2. For students
The result to this study is expected to give opportunity for the students to identify their problem and how far they master vocabulary, so they can
realize their problem in vocabulary and increase their vocabulary.
3. For other researcher
The result of this study are expected to other researchers as a basic consideration to conduct the further study, to cover the limitation in this
study and to provide more detailed information about this study.
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
In this chapter, the writer presents about clear description about vocabulary mastery that include the definition of vocabulary, the importance of vocabulary,
selecting vocabulary, word classes, types of testing vocabulary, the definition of picture storybook, steps for teaching vocabulary through storybook, and also there are
some related previous studies.
A. Vocabulary 1. The Definition of Vocabulary
People know how to use vocabulary because they use it in everyday life. They use it to express their emotion, to utter their opinion and idea directly or indirectly.
For instance, they express their idea and opinion at a discussion forum or they can express it indirectly by writing a book or diary. Yet, what is the
“vocabulary” itself?
There are some definitions of vocabulary based on dictionaries. In Cambridge dictionary, vocabulary is all the words that are known and used when discussing in
a particular language or subject. In addition, vocabulary is a list of words along with their meaning.
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In oxford dictionary, vocabulary is
a
ll the words in a language that are used and known in particular book, subject, etc.
2
Based on Longman dictionary, vocabulary is all the words that are known and used by someone.
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1
Cambridge School Dictionary, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008, p. 825.
2
A. S. Hornby, Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, UK: Oxford University Press., 2000,
Sixth edition, p. 1506.
3
P e a r s o n , L o n g m a n D i c t i o n a r y o f C o n t e m p o r a r y E n g l i s h , 2 0 1 7 . R e t r i e v e d f r o m h t t p : w w w . l d o c e o n l i n e . c o m d i c t i o n a r y v o c a b u l a r y .
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