xxii Hopefully, learning English using BCCT method the students will gain a lot of
advantages. First, they can study English indoor or outdoor, they can learn English together in the corners, they can learn by playing. Second, the students will be more
active in doing activities, such as: answering teacher’s question, learning and working together with their friends, making simple experiment, etc. Third, the students don’t
feel bored. Finally, they can enjoy learning English. From the explanation above it can be concluded that BCCT is a method that is
designed to provide a blend between a development and a didactic approach to working with young children, focused in children-centered in the corners. It is used to support
teaching and learning process where students are able to move from a corner to different corner to improve their skill and knowledge.
B. Problem Statements
Based on the background above, the writer in her study formulates the problem being studied as follows :
1. Can the use of beyond centers and circle time method improve students’ vocabulary at Fahimna Kindergarten?
2. How active is the students in the classroom when the teacher applies BCCT method at Fahimna Kindergarten?
3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of BCCT method in
improving the students’ English vocabulary at Fahimna Kindergarten?
C. Objectives of the Study
General objective: the objective of the study is to overcome the students’ problem in mastering vocabulary using learning by doing in beyond centers and circle time method
at Fahimna Kindergarten.
Specific objective: the objective of the study is to gain information about:
xxiii 1. Describing the improvement of students English vocabulary in the Kindergarten of
Fahimna Surakarta after being instructed by using Beyond Center and Circle Time method;
2. To know how active is the students in the classroom when the teacher applies Beyond Centers and Circle Time method at Fahimna Kindergarten?
3. To identify the strengths and the weaknesses of the implementation of Beyond Centers and Circle Time method.
D. The Benefit of the Study
The result of the action research is expected to be able to give some advantages for the students, the teacher, the school, and other researchers.
1. For the students First, it can motivate students to study English. Through BCCT method, they will
get an enjoyable situation, they won’t feel bored. The students will get a better learning system, they will be able to improve their ability to memorize vocabulary by using
beyond centers and circle time method. At last, they can learn English particularly vocabulary easily.
2. For the Teacher Second, by understanding the result of this study, the teacher can be careful in
selecting teaching technique in their class. It is hoped that the result of this study helps teachers to teach vocabulary properly by using BCCT method for kindergarten students.
The teachers can improve their ability to make innovation, effective strategies, and scenario of teaching vocabulary. It also enriches teacher’s technique to teach vocabulary
so that their problems that faced in classroom can be solved. 3. For the School
xxiv Third, the school can compare the advantages of BCCT method to other method
in learning English. So the school will be more selective in determining the technique of teaching English. Using BCCT method will be used for the school to increase the
quality of its out put. Therefore, the school will get good reputation from government or society.
4. For other Researcher Fourth, for other researcher the result of the research is able to use reference to
furthermore research in developing teaching vocabulary. It is hoped that the data can open other researchers’ mind in completing vocabulary field research. Therefore, for
other research will be got a good result related to teaching vocabulary. The data can use to improve other research, particularly the difficulties in mastering vocabulary.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
