commit to user conversation, or tend to be used in writing but not in speech, or is more
suitable for formal than informal discourse, or belongs to certain dialect. e. Aspect of meaning 2: Meaning relationship
The aspect needed to be taught is meaning relationship that is how the meaning of one item related to the meaning of others. These meaning
relationships are namely: a Synonyms: item that mean the same or nearly same.
b Antonyms: item that mean the opposite. c Hyponyms: item that serves as specific examples of general concept.
d Co-hyponyms: other item that are “same kind of thing”. e Super-ordinates: general concept that “cover” specific items.
f Translation: words or expression in the learner mother tongue that are more or less equivalent in meaning to the item being taught..
f. Word formation
A new item of vocabulary may be more than a single word but express a single idea. Some vocabulary items are built by combining words two
nouns, or a gerund and noun and etc. For example swimming pool, bookstore, follow up. How these words are put together or how some certain
words are formed is useful information to be known by the students perhaps mainly for more advanced learner.
3. The Importance of Vocabulary
Vocabulary is important aspect in our life. Everyday we name objects, an event, and express our feeling using words. As Tailor 1991, p.1 says that in
order to life in the world, we must name something. Names are essential for the construction of reality for without a name it is difficult to accept the existence of
an object, an event, a feeling. Naming is means whereby we attempt to order and structure the chaos and flux of existence which would otherwise be an
undifferentiated mass. By assigning names we impose a pattern and a meaning which allow us to manipulate the world.
commit to user Besides, when communicating with others someone is better has enough
vocabulary to convey hisher purpose. Communication breaks down when speaker is lack of the necessary words or do not use appropriate words to convey what he
mean. Consequently, communication will stop. Moreover, having enough vocabulary also helps someone understand easier of what is talked about. So,
communication can run well because there is reciprocal communication between both the speakers. Edge 1993, p.27 says “knowing a lot of words in a foreign
language is very important because the more words you know, the better chance of understanding or making yourself understood”.
In language learning, vocabulary plays an important role. Vocabulary is central of language. To achieve the language skills such as reading, listening,
speaking and writing, we need to know the vocabulary or the target language in this case English. Krashen 1998, in http:
www.seasite.niu.edu says that in order
to progress in English, the learner need to be able to understand what they are hearing and reading. That is, the input must be comprehensible in order for it to be
useful and meaningful to the learner and help with acquisition. But if the learner do not know understand a sizeable portion of vocabulary in language that they are
reading and hearing, then this language is not comprehensible and therefore cannot to be useful for acquisition. It means that a good store of vocabulary is
crucial for understanding the language. For example, in teaching reading, knowing vocabulary is a key to reading comprehension. The more words students
know, the better their understanding the text.
4. Vocabulary Mastery
