Identification of the Problem Limitation of the Problem

Other example of visual media is flash card. It is card on which the words andor pictures are printed or drawn. They should be a big enough to seen by students in the class. 16 According Robert Lado, Flash Cards are sets of cards with a word or phrase on one side and its meaning- usually in translation- on the other. 17 Adrian Doff states Flashcards are cards with single pictures which can be held up by the teacher. 18 In this research, the writer will take flashcard as a visual media in teaching vocabulary 2. How to make a good Flash Card Based on Ilyin and Tragardh, there are some steps to make a flash card. They are: a. Cut manila folder in half b.Trim of tab, unless you wish to leave it for labeling purposes if flashcard is to be stored vertically c. Draw a single large picture on each card, leaving a wide margin for fingers on the sides and bottom d. Label the card in the upper lefthand corner of the back e. Flash cards back to front so that labels come up before card is shown 19 In this research, the writer made flash card by using different ways. They are: a. First, the writer picked up the colorful pictures from the internet. 20 Pictures based on the topic which will be learnt by students. 16 John Hycraft, An Introduction to English Language Teaching, London: Longman, 1978, p.100 17 Robert Lado, Language Teaching A Scientific Approach, New York: McGraw- Hill, Inc, 1964, p.197 18 Adrian Doff, Teach English A Training Course for Teachers, Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. 1988, p.82 19 Donna Ilyin and Thomas Tragardh, A Classroom Practices in Adult ESL, TESOL: Washington DC, 1980, p. 57 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 21 3. Easy to handle and to store 22 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. 20 www.google.com 21 John Haycraft, op. cit., p. 100 22 Andrew Wright, Visual Materials for the Language Teacher, London: Longman, 1976, p. 73