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The Significances of Research

“A list of words, usually arranged alphabetically and defined, explained or translated. A range of language, the stock of words at a person‟s command, or used in a particular work, branch of a subject, language etc ” 2 . People has been supplied with language faculty since they were born, they also have some words stored on their brain that heshe has got from herhis environment, especially from hisher mother, as a modal to make interaction with others 3 , however, words always change and improve from time to time; some new words appear while some old words may be out of date, people need enrich the storage of vocabulary to get along with the environment and its situation. According to Hatch and Brown vocabulary is “a list or set of words for a particular language or a list or set of word that individual speakers of language might use ”. 4 Every person must have vocabulary for communicating with others, it is a very significant element of language, with vocabulary heshe can express their idea. Even though vocabulary does not always affect in the fluency of language, there are some language aspects that must be known and mastered by learners, such as grammar, pronunciation, diction, and so on, vocabulary still becomes requirement for mastering a language.

2. Types of Vocabulary

Based on the people capability in implementing the vocabulary, Paul Nation mentions two types of vocabulary, those are: a. “Receptive Vocabulary: Knowing a word involves being able to recognize it when it is heard What is the sound like? or when it seen What does it look like? and having an expectation of what grammatical pattern the word will occurrence. This includes being able to distinguish it from word with a similar form and being able to judge if the word form sounds right or look right. 2 The New Lexicon Webster’s DictionaryDanbury: Lexicon Publication, Inc,1994,p.1101 3 Noam Chomsky. Aspect of The Theory of SintaxMassachusetts: The MIT Press,1965,p. 47 4 Evelyn Hatch and Cheryl Brown. Vocabulary, Semantic and Language Education Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1995p.1

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