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C. Rationale
In order to teach vocabulary effectively and successfully, the teachers have to be careful in choosing the teaching techniques. Teacher’s competence is not
sufficient to make the teaching and learning process successful. One of interesting technique to be discussed is using suggestopedia in
teaching English vocabulary. suggestopedia is one of method that teacher can apply in the class room activities. It is can be good alternative in teaching vocabulary.
suggestopedia help the students in learning process. By suggestopedia the students can study while listening or enjoying an instrument music that played by the teacher.
It makes the students feel relax. When the students relax, it helps them to understand and memorize new words that given by the teacher easier.
D. Hypothesis
Considering on the theory of vocabulary mastery and suggestopedia method, the hypothesis of this study is that using suggstopedia method can improve English
vocabulary mastery of eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Widodaren Ngawi.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. The Research Setting
The research will be held in SMP Negeri 4 Widodaren Ngawi of eighth grade student on Academic 20092010. The school is located in Sidolaju, Widodaren,
Ngawi, East Java.
B. The Subject of the Research
The subject of the research is the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Widodaren Ngawi. It involves one class which consisting of 44 students. The writer
chooses the grade based on the material that the researcher chooses. The material is suitable for eighth grade students of junior high school. Besides that, the writer
chooses the grade based on interviews that done by the writer with the teacher. From the interview, the writer gets information that the students still get difficulties in
mastering vocabulary.
C. The Method of the Research
According to Wallace 1998: 4, action research is done by systematically collecting data on your every day practice and analyzing it in order to come to some
decisions about what your future practice should be. Different with Carr and Kemmis in Burns, 1999: 30 say that action research is simply a form of self-reflective
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enquiry undertaken by participants in social situations in order to improve the rationality and justice of their own practice, their understanding of these practices and
the situation in which the practices are carryout. Besides, Mills 2000: 5 defines action research as a systematic
inquiry done by teachers or other individuals in teaching or learning environment to gather information about and subsequently improve the ways
their particular school operates, how they teach and how well their students learn.
From the definitions above, it can be summarized that action research is the systematic study of efforts to overcome educational problems for
improvement which is done by practitioners or teachers, or in collaboration of teacher and researcher by means of their own practical action and their own
reflection upon the effect of those sections. There are some characteristics of action research stated by Burn 1999: 30
that taken from some experts’ definition as follows; 1. Action research is contextual, small-scale and localized. It identifies and
investigates problems within a specific situation. 2. It is evaluating and reflective as it aims to bring about change and
improvement in practice. 3. It is participatory as it provides for collaborative investigation by teams of
colleagues, practitioners and researchers.
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4. Changes in practice are base on the collection of information or data which provides the impetus for changes.
In this study the writer formulates her action research trough teaching English vocabulary of SMP Negeri 4 Widodaren by suggestopedia. In the
research the writer collaborative with the classroom teacher of the school.
D. The model of Action Research
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