Teaching Vocabulary by Using Pictures

their vocabulary unless they take a lively interest in the words that they hear and read in the words that they must speak and write. Taking interest in words means doing something about them. A genuine interest leads to activity. The prime method of promoting growth in children‟s vocabularies is enrichment of experience, both actual and vicarious. Big new words have special appeal for young children, and they quickly begin to use any words they hear in connection with their various learning activities. Vicarious experiences, too, extend and deepen the children‟s understanding as they listen to stories and explanations, 29 watch television or films, listen to radio or recordings, study pictures in their books and read verse and stories. Therefore after the students have interest in the words, the students must prick their ears up when they hear a word that they have not hears before. And the students must open their eyes when they read a word that they have not seen written before. 29 Mildred A. Dawson, etc, Guiding Language Learning.......p. 66 18

CHAPTER III SCHOOL PROFILE

A. Description of the School

SMP 1 Negeri Pontang is lokated on Ciptayasa street, Pontang and Serang- Banten. It was built on land which is about 18.154 m 2 wide. The school has 21 classroom, teacher room, principal room, and library such as Computer Lab, Biology Lab, and other supporting facilities. The school has three English teachers who graduated from the famous university in Serang. The bellow table will explain their qualifications: Table 3.1 The Table of Teachers’ profile No Name A graduate from Teaching Experience Teaching at Grade status 1 Iim Fatmawati, S.Pd IAIN 01-01-2008 till now IX Year Civil Servant PNS 2 Kholisoh. S.Th.i UIN 01-07-2009 till now VII Year Honorary 3 Ifat Fatimah. S.Pd IAIN 01-07-2009 till now VIII Year Honorary Although they graduated from different university and have different experience of teaching, they have the same vision of teaching English in SMP 1 Negeri Pontang is make the students to be able to communicate using English in spoken or writen, and of course to help them get standard graduated score or „SKL‟ which determined bythe government. This school has used “KTSP” Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan, however the application of “KTSP” is not extremely perfect, but the teachers and other elements of the school are trying to apply the true “KTSP”. Because the