commit to user Considering the importance of the technique in teaching vocabulary, the
writer decides to conduct a research on “Improving Students’ Vocabulary Mastery by Using Word Webs A Classroom Action Research on the Third Grade of
SDN Sidorejo Lor 1 Salatiga in the 20092010 Academic Year” .
B. Problem Statement
Based on the background of the study, the problems can be formulated as follows:
1. Can word webs improve the students’ vocabulary mastery at the third year
students of SDN Sidorejo Lor 1 Salatiga in the 20092010 academic year? 2.
How do word webs improve the students’ vocabulary mastery? 3.
What problems arise when word webs is implemented in the classroom activity?
C. The Objectives of the Study
The objectives of the study are used to find out the answers of the problems above. The objectives of the study are as follows:
1. To identify the improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery at the third
year students of SDN Sidorejo Lor 1 Salatiga Academic year 20092010. 2.
To identify how word webs can improve the students’ vocabulary mastery. 3.
To identify problems arising when word webs is implemented in the classroom activity.
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D. The Benefits of the Study
The benefits expected by the writer are as follows: 1.
It enables the teacher to get information and apply appropriate technique in teaching vocabulary mastery. It is important for the teacher to use and develop
appropriate technique in his teaching learning process in order that the students can be interested in the teaching learning process and retain the lesson in long
time. 2.
The result of this study is expected to be able to give more information about word webs so that it can be applied in SDN Sidorejo Lor 1 Salatiga and also
other elementary schools. 3.
It increases students’ interest in learning vocabulary. Memorizing vocabulary is not always monotones by making words list, then, the students translate them.
The student can use webs as more interesting technique. 4. For the writer herself, the study can bring a better understanding of bringing the
changes and the improvement in students’ vocabulary mastery. 5. It enables other researcher to get reference the implementation of word webs in
improving students’ vocabulary mastery.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF THE RELATED THEORIES
