Furthermore Nick Under Hill points out about the disadvantages of pictures are:
1 With a visual stimulus there is a danger. That the learner will miss the point of pictures or story, for personal or culture reason
2 Unless vocabulary items in the pictures are supplied, the learner who knows the names of only two or three crucial item will be at strong. Advantage
over those who do not. Even if the items are supplied on request and mark not deducted, it is physiological demodulating, to have to ask for vocabulary
before you begin 3 Suitable cartoon stories are hard to find and difficult for an amateur to draw.
Even deciding on a good storyline can be difficult task. Particularly in situation where learner can and find several alternative.
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From all previous statements, it seems that unsuitable pictures or bad pictures can cause several problems in teaching learning process. For example, unclear
pictures can cause misinterpretation. Not all students know to read, or to explain the pictures. It can be something difficult, especially for amateur how to draw it.
C. Conceptual Framework
This experimental study is purposed to test the hypothesis which stated that using pictures in reinforcing degrees has the effectiveness to the students understanding.
Using pictures is one of the choices for the alternative way of teaching grammar especially in degrees of comparison of adjective. Pictures are interesting media for
students who learn English. Picture is easy to understand when the material presented
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Vernon S. Gerlach, “Using Pictures As Teaching Aids”., p.227
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Nick Under Hill, Testing Spoken Language, A Handbook of Oral Testing Technique, Cambridge :University press, 1987, p. 67
by it. It also has a little cost, available in places where no other pictures can be found, and does not require spare for storing and filling.
Pictures also can be used by the students to show they understood non-verbally for example by pointing to detail in a pictures or adding information to a drawing. It
helps the teacher in order to send the messages of the material to their students as good as possible. Hopefully, because of the reason above the writer can find any
effectiveness using pictures in reinforcing degrees of comparison of adjective.
D.
Hypothesis
This research is to know whether using pictures in reinforcing degress of comparison of adjective better for student to learn English. And to find the answer of
the problem, the writer should propose alternative Hypothesis Ha and Null Hypothesis Ho as bellow:
1. Alternative Hypothesis H
a
= “There is any effectiveness in students‟ score of comparative degrees of adjective using pictures compared with Grammar
Translation Method”. 2. Null Hypothesis H
o
= “There is no effectiveness in students‟ score of comparative degrees of adjective using pictures compared with Grammar
Translation Method”.
CHAPTER III THE PROFILE OF SCHOOL
Profile of “Mts. Al-Falah” Bogor located on Jl. Raya KH. Rafe‟i No.11 Nagrak Gunung Putri Bogor will be explained below:
A. Facilities
“MTS AL-FALAH” was established in 1985. The building consists of two floors. At the first floor, there are 6 rooms for classroomand 1 room for teachers and staff
office. The second floor, there are 4 rooms for classroom too. The school also has some facilities to support teaching and learning process. They
are: Table 3.1
The School Facilities No
Facilities Condition
1 Library
Good 2
Science Laboratory Good
3 Computer Laboratory
Good
B. Vision and Mission of MTS Al-Falah Bogor
The vision of MTS Al-Falah
is “being creative, innovative, competitive and religious school in a good environment with dignified behavior
”. The mission is:
1 To achieve the dynamic and democratic curriculum
