REVIEW ON RELATED LITERATURE (RATIONALE AND HYPOTHESIS)

B. Rationale

In learning English vocabulary, there are difficulties that might be faced by the learners especially the young learners. T he students‟ vocabulary mastery of SMP N 5 Sukoharjo in the academic year of 2009/2010 is still low. It can be seen from some indicators that are shown by the students as follows: firstly, the students are less interested in teaching learning process. It is caused by the teacher‟s material which is not appropriate on their level. Most of the students do not have full concentration on the lesson and doing something useless during the process of teaching learning. Secondly, the students get difficulties to remember and grasp the meaning of words when the teacher gives them some English words and then translate them. Thirdly, the students get difficulties in writing words or group of words correctly. It can be seen when they do the exercises. They could In learning English vocabulary, there are difficulties that might be faced by the learners especially the young learners. T he students‟ vocabulary mastery of SMP N 5 Sukoharjo in the academic year of 2009/2010 is still low. It can be seen from some indicators that are shown by the students as follows: firstly, the students are less interested in teaching learning process. It is caused by the teacher‟s material which is not appropriate on their level. Most of the students do not have full concentration on the lesson and doing something useless during the process of teaching learning. Secondly, the students get difficulties to remember and grasp the meaning of words when the teacher gives them some English words and then translate them. Thirdly, the students get difficulties in writing words or group of words correctly. It can be seen when they do the exercises. They could

So, the teacher should create an interesting teaching material. The teaching materials should be suitable with the young learners‟ characteristics. One of the

teaching materials that can be used is the short texts. Short texts are interesting materials in teaching language. By using short texts, the teacher helps the students to remember the words and understand the meaning and also the grammatical pattern of the sentences easily.

Considering the explanation above, the researcher believes that short texts can enrich students‟ vocabulary mastery.

C. Hypothesis

The hypothesis of this research can be formulated as follows: by using short texts, the students can improve their vocabulary mastery, especially for the Second Year of SMP N 5 Sukoharjo in the academic Year of 2009/2010.