b. Second, all those pictures were printed c. Then, printed pictures were covered by using plastic glue
for the back and front side d. Flash card had already used
3. Advantages and Disadvantages of Flash Card a. Advantages of Flash Card
1. It is simple and effective 2. Easy to make and to find the picture
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3. Easy to handle and to store
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b Disadvantages of Flash Card 1. Not all materials can be conveyed by Flash Card
2. Need require thought and preparation in advance
C. Previous Study
Some students of university had conducted the similar research about improving student
s’ vocabulary by using flashcard. First, Fadilah had conducted the research by the title “Increasing Students’ Vocabulary Mastery
of Concrete Noun through Flashcard”. The purpose of the research is to find
out whether teaching vocabulary using flashcard co uld increase students’
vocabulary mastery of concrete noun or not. The sample of this research was class IVA in academic year 20122013. In collecting the data the writer
administered the pretest, treatment, and posttest. Vocabulary test in multiple choices form was that used as the instrument of the research. The data were
analyzed by using repeated measure t- test. The result showed that teaching vocabulary using flashcard could increase students’ vocabulary mastery of
concrete noun at the fourth grade of SDN 1 Jati Mulyo Lampung Selatan.
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Another study was conducted by Maryam Eslahchar Komachali with the title “The Effect of Using Vocabulary Flash Card on Iranian Pre-University
Students’ Vocabulary Knowledge”. The aim of the study is to investigate the
effect of using vocabulary flash card on Iranian pre- university students’
vocabulary knowledge. The participants of the study comprised 50 female learners. They were randomly assigned into two homogenous groups each
consisting of 25 learners. The control group received the traditional treatment while the experiment group received the vocabulary flash card treatment.
Before starting the treatment, two similar test were prepared as the pretestposttest which revealed significant differences between the two
groups. The result showed that the students in the experimental group outperformed the students in the control group in their vocabulary knowledge.
The last of previous study that the researcher found is “The Impact of
Using Flash Cards on Promoting University Students’ Knowledge of
Vocabulary ” conducted by Nima Sakhouri and Kamran Mehrgan. The main
purpose of this study is to find out whether the use of flash cards promotes students’ knowledge of vocabulary or not. To this aim, 80 college freshmen
39 males and 41 females at Roudbar Islamic Azad University were selected and then were randomly assigned to two groups of forty: an experiment and a
control group. Having investigated the performance of students in both experimental and control groups, the researchers found out that the
experimental group showed no significant difference from the control group on the post-testing. Astonishing as it might be, the result of the analysis has
indicated quite clearly that using flash cards plays no significant role in promoting the vocabulary knowledge of college freshmen.
According to the three of studies above, the studies concern on teaching vocabulary. They are similar to this study which concerns on teaching
vocabulary by using flash card. The studies above were using experimental method. The differences between the three studies above and this study are
the place to conduct it and the kinds of vocabulary that will be taught. In this research, the writer will teach noun, adjective, verb and word meaning as the
