Other ways of teaching vocabulary through demonstration, Petty points out as illustrate:
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The teacher mimes a simple story. The students then take turns to describe the story as it is mimed, for example:
“He was eating a meal. He dropped some food. He called the dog. The dog ate the dropped food. He patted the dog.”
The whole class repeats the story at the end. The teacher claps once if the class is to repeat only the last line; twice if he or she wants the whole story
repeated from the start, with students taking a sentence each.
The activities, teaching vocabulary by using role-play in demonstration technique which the teacher gives a role in each of group of students, then they act out. For
example, one student in each pair could be a hotel receptionist, with their partner playing a speaker of the target language who wants to make a booking. The students
can take turns to play each role. It helps to provide scenarios such as ‘You want a quiet
double room for a week’.
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It is the students practice the vocabulary based on situational in learning process which the students as actor or actress who play an
action in the classroom. The writer’s hypothesis thinks that demonstration technique
in teaching and learning vocabulary is an alternative ways with teaching aids because almost students like to do activity that interactive and fun, which is by using mime,
gesture, action, or role-play in learning process.
B. Previous Study
Some students of university had conducted similar research about teaching technique or teaching method in teaching vocabulary. The writer has found some
researches that related the title, which is using teaching technique. One of the researches had written by Rachmad Setiawan with
the title “The Influence of Using Active Learning Method in Improving Students’ Vocabulary”. The purpose of this
research was to find out whether the use of active learning can develop students’
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Geoffrey Petty, op. cit, p. 250.
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vocabulary. The population of the research was the second year students of SLTP Negeri 128 Halim Perdana Kusuma. The number of students was 80 students. The
result of the research by using active learning in learning vocabulary and from the tests is does not have significance influence in improving stude
nts’ vocabulary. The writer also found another research not only from students’ research of
university, but the writer has found some articles and electronic books related with the theory. Some journals as references there are by Reinhardt H. Ruhnke with the
title “Improvement of Teaching Technique through the Demonstration Lesson”, by Rakchanok Saengpakdeejit with the title “Awareness of Vocabulary Learning
Strategies among EFL Students in Khon Kaen University”, by Y.M. Adekoya and
R.A. Olatoye with the ti tle “Effect of Demonstration, Peer-Tutoring, and Lecture
Teaching Strategies on Senior High School Students’ Achievement in an Aspect of Agricultural Science”, and many more. Then, one of electronical books that writer
used to reference this research is by Steven J. Molinsky and Bill Bliss with the title “Handbook of Vocabulary Teaching Strategies”. Actually, there is having some
journals and E-books as previous study to this research.
C. Thinking Framework
Everyone really knows about vocabulary. The vocabulary can be defined as total of number or the collection of words has meaning, which is contributed to give
information for the people. Vocabulary is also the basic skill and one of the important factors in learning foreign language especially English, because it will help the
students more comfortable when they are reading, speaking, writing, or listening in learning process. Therefore, vocabulary is used as facility in developing language.
Learning vocabulary not only knows the meaning of word, but the students have to know that the vocabulary is distinguished into some classes. It seems that
vocabulary has various kinds based on the purpose such as kinds of vocabulary into oral vocabulary and print vocabulary, or receptive and productive vocabulary, there is
also listening vocabulary, speaking vocabulary, reading, writing, and sight
vocabulary, and then many more. However, there are lots kinds of vocabulary to be learned and to be known for students in learning process toward their English skill.
In here, the teacher has important role for students in teaching and learning vocabulary. The teacher not only teaches and presents the vocabulary, but the teacher
should train the students through drilling in teaching vocabulary. It will make the students remember the English vocabulary continuously and make the students
become accustomed. When the students learn the target language especially English, they are emphasized to learn the vocabulary primary and it is very important because
it will give good impact for students in developing the foreign language. Mastery of vocabulary influence the students to read or speak English fluently, to express
yourself effectively by using English, give self confidence with other people or a community from other country, can help the learners when doing English assignment
or examination, etc. Therefore, that is the reasons why vocabulary is important for students in learning English.
Those all statements above must be thought by the teacher especially English teacher, by students, and by government of education department. It seems at some
schools in Indonesia still has the students who cannot be able in mastering English because they have lack of the vocabulary. It is a crucial problem for teacher and
students in learning foreign language. Lack of vocabulary mastery may be caused some factors from the students or teacher. But, the problems can be minimized
through cooperate with teacher s’ role. The teacher has important role toward
students’ vocabulary in learning language, because the teacher is one of ways to help the students increasing t
he students’ vocabulary. To increase the students’ vocabulary, the teacher can use teaching technique creatively. The teaching technique
that is used should be interest for students and make them active in the class when learn vocabulary. The writer thinks, the teaching technique that will makes the
students feel interest and enjoy in learning process is by using demonstration technique.
