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Meanwhile, vocabulary based on oxford dictionary is all the words that a person knows and uses.
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Another definition comes from Kridalaksana stated that vocabulary is a component of language that contains all of information meaning
and using word in language.
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Based on the definitions above, the writer would like to summarize about the definition of vocabulary. Vocabulary is not only the word that contains
meaning. It can be said as a number of words that help people to use and to understand the language.
1. Kinds of Vocabulary
There are two kinds of vocabulary according to Finnochiaro, namely active vocabulary and passive vocabulary. Below are the brief description about
active vocabulary and passive vocabulary. a
Active vocabulary Active vocabulary refers to items which the students can use appropriately
in speaking or writing. Active vocabulary can be also called as a productive vocabulary. It means the student has to know how to pronounce it well and the
student has to know and be able to use grammar of the target language. In productive vocabulary, the student has to know about collocation and the student
has to understand the connotation meaning of the word. b
Passsive vocabulary Passive vocabulary refers to language items that can be recognized and
understood in the context of reading and listening. it is also called as receptive vocabulary.
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Another kinds of vocabulay comes from Fries. He says that vocabulary is of two, namely: function words and content words
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. The function words are closed-class words, we can not add to the prepositions or auxiliaries or modals or
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A.S Hornby, Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2000,
p. 1506.
4
A.M. Zainuri, Vocabulary I, Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan, Universitas Islam Negeri Jakarta: UIN Jakarta, p. 1.
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Ibid., p.2.
6
Charles C. Fries, Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language, Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 1945, p. 44.
