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will not only listen to the word but they will also associate the word with the picture. In line with Linse, Allan 1991: 40 said that with video, the students
have all the additional clues of the visuals given them while they watch and listen.
5 Play School DVD helps the students to get or learn real English
Real English is the English that native speakers use in real conversations. Play School DVD enables the students to learn English from the native. It will
minimize the mistake in pronunciation because the word is pronounced by the native. The students will also have the knowledge on how the word is used in a
sentence by the native.
b. The Weaknesses of Play School DVD 1 Teacher can be passive and leave hisher job to the DVD
Play School DVD contents some interesting scene with various activities to do. It is designed for the purpose of education. But this is not the reason for the
teacher to be passive and leave hisher job to the DVD. As Harmer 2004: 56-63 states that teacher is not only an observer who observes what the students do, but
also as a resource and participant. As a resource means that the teacher has a role for being a place for the students to ask the information that they want to know.
As a participant means that the teacher has to take part in the activities that are done by the students.
In implementing Play School DVD in the classroom, the teacher should not stand back or just sit and watch the DVD while the students are watching it,
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but she should actively participate in the activities that are done by the students. If the teacher asks the students to follow the movement in the DVD, the teacher
should follow the movement and give a model. The teacher cannot also leave the job to the DVD because the teacher also has the role to be the resource.
2 Long and monotonous DVD will be boring
Watching a video is a passive activity while children have limited attention span which will be lost in ten minutes or so. Judy 2003:311 states that
watching motion video can be a passive even boring experience for the learner. Furthermore, Harmer 2004: 283 said that more than two or three minutes of
video will send the students to asleep. So it better to use short video sequences between one to four minutes. Moreover Harmer said that short video sequences
between one and four minutes can yield a number of exercises, demonstrate a satisfying range of language, are easier to manipulate, and can be highly
motivating.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION, IMPLICATION, AND SUGESSTION
A. Conclusion
After the researcher did the action research at Kalam Kudus Christian Primary School by applying Play School DVD to improve the students’
vocabulary mastery, it can be concluded that: 1.
There is a significant improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery. The improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery can be found by
comparing the average score of the Pre-test, Post-test 1, and Post-test 2. The average score of the Pre-test is 38.87, Post-test 1 is 66.58, and Post-test 2 is
86.25.
2. There are some strengths when Play School DVD applied in teaching
vocabulary. a.
Play School DVD can attract the students’ attention that makes them concentrate on the lesson.
Play School DVD is one of the media that could be used to attract the students’ attention so that it can make them to concentrate on the lesson. It
consists of sequences such as story, and a variety of play ideas with things to make and do that will attract the students’ attention.
