Conclusions Suggestions CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

V. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusions

5.1.1 Flashcard can be used to concerning noun, verb, and adjective. It could be seen from the result of pre test and post test that there was an improvement from the average score in pre test 54.27 see appendix 6 the highest score was 88 and the lowest was 20,to the post test 76.86 see appendix 7 the highest score was 100 and the lowest was 60. That was 22.59 points or increased about 41.6 , the result of hypothesis test was significant; hence flashcard can be used to improve the achievement of vocabulary concerning noun, verb and adjective. 5.1.2 Flashcard can be used to teach vocabulary concerning noun, verb, and adjective. This research focused on teaching noun, verb, and adjective to the students, which was divided in two topics, things at school and things at home. Of course, in the process, the teacher taught the pronunciation first then taught the meaning and the used of the words in the sentences. Flashcard very useful for teaching new words of noun, verb, and adjective and their meaning, since its colorful picture of the flashcard attracts the students to learn new vocabulary of noun, verb, and adjective. effective in drilling or reviewing the vocabularies that had been learned at the end of teaching learning process.

5.2 Suggestions

Considering the result of the research, the research would like to propose some suggestions as follows: 5.2.1 Suggestions to the teacher: a. The researcher suggested the teacher to use flashcard as an alternative in teaching vocabulary. Since flashcard can be used to increase the can motivate the students to learn new vocabularies concerning noun, verb, and adjective. b. Flashcard needed adequate time to be applied. The teacher should be able to manage the time when using flashcard and the teacher should not teach too many materials at the same time, so the time allocation that was given by school is enough. c. The writer suggested the teacher to use colorful picture in flashcard in 5.2.2 Suggestions for further research: a. The writer applied flashcard g with noun. Other researchers can apply flashcard technique in other kinds of vocabulary, for example dealing with adjective, since flashcard technique can help the students to develop their vocabulary. b. Further researcher should conduct this method on different level of students. It can be at the level of Junior High School or it can be applied at Senior High School. REFERENCES Allen, Virginia French. 1983. Techniques in Teaching vocabulary: Teaching techniques in English as a second or foreign language. New York: Oxford University Press. Arikunto, Suharsimi. 2005. Dasar-Dasar Evaluasi Pendidikan Edisi Revisi. Jakarta: Bumi Aksara. August, Diane, Carlo, Maria, Dressler, Cheryl Snow, Catherine 2005. The critical role of vocabulary development for English language learners. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 20, 1, 50-57. Burton. S. H. 1982. Mastering in Education. Englewood Cliffs. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc. Cameron, L. 2001. Teaching languages to young learners. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Fries, Charles C. 1970. Teaching and Learning English as Foreign Language. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. Gairns, Ruth. Redman, Stuart. 1992.Working with Words: A guide to teaching and learning vocabulary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Hatch, E. Brown, C. 1995. Vocabulary, semantics and language education. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Harmer, Jeremy. 1993. The Practice of English Language Teaching. Essex: Longman Group UK Limited. Hatch, Evelyn and Farhady, Hossein.1982. Research Design and Statistics for Applied Linguistics. Los Angeles: Newbury House Publishers Inc. Hornby, A.S. 1985. Oxford Advanced Le . London: Oxford University Press. Lewis, Richard. 1973. Winter Sleep: Reading for Adults. Longman, London. McCarthy, Michael. 1992. Vocabulary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Nation, I.S.P. 2001. Learning vocabulary in another language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Rivers, Wilga, M. 1970. Teaching Foreign Language Skills. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Scott, Vendy A. YTREBERG, Lisbeth H. 2003. Teaching English to Children. Essex: Longman Group UK Limited. Sudijono, A. 2001. Pengantar Statistik Pendidikan. Jakarta: PT. Raja Grafindo Persada. Sudjana. 1999. Metode Statistika. Bandung: Tarsito. Thornbury, Scott. 2004. How to Teach Vocabulary. Essex: Pearson Education Limited. UR, Penny. 2000. A Course in Language Teaching: Practice and theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Wallace. Michael J. 1982. Teaching Vocabulary. New York: Heinemann Educational Book. Wilkin, D. A. 1983. Linguistics in Language Teaching. London: Edward Arnold Publisher, Inc. Vocabulary Test PRE TEST

I. Chooses one the best answer from the four possibilities given