seventh, and tenth grade students. Among those grades, only the fifth grade students faced difficulties in learning English vocabulary. This problem became
the main issue which established the research question.
3.2.2 Research Setting
Considering the availability of the subjects of the research, the researcher determined OI 743 Petra Children Development Center as the main place for
conduc ting the research. English course program was designed to help students to improve their English achievement in their formal school. The subjects attend ed
the English course program once in a week. For the fifth grade, the class was scheduled on Sunday. The class used to be in an open space class. The place was
large and appropriate for any teaching activities. This research was held on April up to May. The first research was conducted on April 23
rd
, 2007 and reviewed on April 30
th
, 2007. The second research was conducted on May 21
st
, 2007 and reviewed on May 28
th
, 2007.
3.3 Research Instruments
Data gathering was designed to investigate students’ achievement in their English vocabulary mastery. Therefore, Sagor 2005: 108 suggested that the
researcher had to take some notes that related to the actions of teaching and the students’ responses during the vocabulary learning. Journal was one of the
techniques to record student’s progress. The class changed rapidly hence to the use of a certain strategy for vocabulary teaching. The researcher recorded the
changes which occurred in teaching and learning process as an evaluation toward English vocabulary teaching strategy. In order to obtain the data, the researcher
also used a test as a tool for data gathering. The test was in the form of an achievement test. The achievement test was weekly quiz. It was used to measur e
student’s achievement in their English vocabulary learning.
3.4 Data Gathering Technique s
Data in this research were collected from the weekly progress report journal of the researcher. It was called Triangulation Matrix. During the teaching
process, the researcher gathered the data of the progress of students in their English vocabulary learning. At the end of class, the data were carefully evaluated
and used to determine the success of the strategy which was used in the research. It was necessary to record the progress and the changes that were made by the
students. Another data gathering technique which was used to provide the data was
a test. It measured students’ achievement in their English vocabulary learning. The test consisted of questions that were related to English vocabulary of the
previous topic. The previous topic was given a week before the test. The achievement test was a weekly quiz. The weekly quiz was used as the data
gathering technique to collect data. Based on the weekly observation and the quiz result the researcher could evaluate the result of the strategy which was used for to
teach English words. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
3.5 Data Analysis Technique
