Definition of Vocabulary Vocabulary

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 materials. This study will be conducted using Flash card as visual media in teaching vocabulary in the seventh grade of MTs N 13 Jakarta.

D. Conceptual Framework

Vocabulary is one of elements to learn a foreign language. By mastering vocabulary, students are expected to be able to produce good sentences and share their ideas correctly. Learning vocabulary is not easy for students of foreign language. There is too much new vocabulary which has different form and sound from their mother tongue. Therefore, as the teachers, they need to use an interesting and enjoyable way in order to solve this problem. One of the ways is using visual media in teaching vocabulary. One of visual media which teacher can use is Flash Card. Flash Card is a card on which words andor picture printed or drown. It is colorful color to interest students’ attention in learning new vocabulary. Using Flash Card can make students active in producing the new words and sharing their thought by grouping in the class. It is hoped in order the objective of teaching and learning process can be achieved. From the explanation above, the writer believes that the use Flash Card could improve student’s achievement in learning vocabulary. Therefore, the writer would like to do a study by using Visual Media in imp roving students’ vocabulary.

E. Research Hypotheses

Research hypotheses are expressed as follow: H o : The use of Using Flash Card is not effective in teaching vocabulary in the seventh grade of MTs N 13 Jakarta H a : The use of Using Flash Card is effective in teaching vocabulary in the seventh grade of MTs N 13 Jakarta