B. Place and Time of the Study
The writer did the research at Islamic Junior High School Al-Ghazaly Bogor, which is located at Jalan Cempaka 6 Kelurahan Kebon Kalapa
Kecamatan Bogor Tengah kota Bogor,phone.0251 8385170 . It began with on observation to the school on Wednesday, January 14
th
2009. She conducted this research at the school from 16
th
of January 2009 to 18
th
of February 2009. During the research consisted of held an experiment by applying the use
of pictures and without pictures in teaching prepositions of place, and last meeting the writer gave a post test to students. After doing the research in the
classroom, the writer collected the data from post-test, and then the writer began to analyze them.
C. Population and Sample
In this research the whole students of the population of the eight grade students at Islamic Junior High School Al-Ghazaly Bogor are 120 students,
namely class 8.A, 8.B, and class 8.C. For the research, the writer only took sample 80 students, namely class 8.A 40 students as the Control class and
class 8.B 40 students as the experiment class.
D. Procedure of Using Pictures in Teaching prepositions of Place
One of those things that can be used as a tool in explaining material of pictures, especially in teaching language because students not only study from
what they hear and read, but also from what they see. By looking, it will make students easy to grasp or define what they see for instance; they can say the
name of thing, activity, and others. A picture is one of many kinds of teaching aids which can be used for
teaching a foreign language like English to the non native students. Through pictures the students are able to see clearly the real objects being taught by the
teacher. As Holden said that in every day life pictures are the object of the
activity rather than an accessory.
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For example, the teacher wants to teach English prepositions ‘ above and on’ and wants to explain their different usage
to the students; heshe can use the following pictures.
The light is above the table The computer is on the table
From two pictures above, the students can see clearly and understand easily the different sight and meanings between the prepositions
‘ above’ and ‘on’. The preposition above used if the object does not attach the surface of the other object, and the preposition on is used if the object
attaches closely the surface of the other object. Pictures can be made and brought easier into the classroom and
they represent the real objects without translating their meanings into students’ native language can be shown to the students clearly.
To make easy in giving materials, the teacher have some steps of technique in presenting materials as follows:
1. Teacher prepares some pictures to the students.
2. Teacher shows some pictures to the students.
3. Teacher explains materials to be taught based on picture provided.
4. Teacher orders students to look at and pay attention to the pictures.
5. Teacher orders the students to say the name or an activity of the pictures
that seen. 6.
In presenting material, teacher must be able to make graduation; teacher explains material to be taught from the easiest to the difficult one.
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Susan Holden, Visual Aids for Classroom Interaction, London: Modern English Publications,Ltd, 1978,p.254.
7. To know the result of teaching and learning process, the teacher can see
the use of pictures as tools to test the students. For instance by showing some pictures then the teacher orders them to say what they see.
The steps to learn prepositions by using pictures are : a.
Write the prepositions on the board b.
Read the prepositions and ask the students to repeat after the teacher c.
Write down the examples d.
Ask students to make sentences e.
Ask the students to remember the prepositions f.
Ask the students to practice the prepositions g.
In the last activity, the teacher gives a test to know how far the students understand what the teacher teaches.
The indicators of prepositions used: a.
Pronunciation b.
The meaning of word c.
Fluency
E. Research Instruments
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