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“The students will repeat the words and mention all the words, the students will know how to pronounce and write the words in the right spelling.”
This statement was also proved by Tinkham 1993 in Nation 2008, like many other researchers, found that learners differed greatly in the time and number of repetitions
required for learning. Most learners required five to seven repetitions for learning of a group of six paired associates. A few required over twenty repetitions.
It was the rotation of repetition according to Sibold 2011.
According to Larsen-Freeman 2000, repetition is a technique to teach the students in a quick and accurately. The students are asked to repeat the words based on the teacher’s
model. The purpose is to repeat the words in the minds of the learners. In teaching vocabulary, I think the teacher should manage and choose the appropriate
or basic words in one time or meeting by giving a thematic system. It is useful for the students because they can concentrate and acquire all vocabulary in different subjects.
These statements were strengthened by the interview with Ms. Debora. Her opinion as follows:
Extract 1 interview with Miss Debora , February 23, 2012
Say the words
students repeat the word 3x
Students write the word in a sentence
Read the word’ from the textbook
Explain the word
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“Because in Laboratorium Elementary School uses a thematic system, so vocabulary in
English subject will use in Science and also Mathematics. That is why one subject to another still has a connection, so when the teacher changes into different subject
vocabulary in English can be repeated again. When learning vocabulary the students
needn’t to wait a week for
repetition but the vocabulary can be repeated everyday in different subjects
.”
So, repetition became a part of teaching vocabulary by the teacher at Laboratorium Elementary School to expand the context range of an item and make students easy and
always remember the new words.
3.2. Question and Answer Drills
This technique contains question and answer between the students and teacher. The teacher gave questions and they had to answer quickly. The teacher used this
technique in every teaching. The purpose was to brainstorm studen ts’ ideas and also
make students active in class. Here are the transcripts of the answer and question drills: 5.
Teacher
: What is get up?
Students
: Bangun Miss.
Teacher
: Sekarang saya Tanya. Deby, sarapan apa? Sarapan pagi apa?
Student
: Have breakfast.
Teacher
: Davin, bangun pagi apa?
Student
: Get up.
Teacher
: Nah kalau hujan terus menerus turun lama-kelamaan akan
menjadi banjir. Bahasa inggrisnya apa itu?
Students
: Flut Miss.
Teacher
: Bukan flut tapi flood. The teacher drilled the questions to the students and most of the students could
remember the meaning of the words. Besides that, the students were active in answering the questions.
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4.Desuggestopedia
There are two teaching techniques that were included in Desuggestopedia which were used by the teachers:
4.1. Role Play
The teachers used this technique to make students active to communicate with others using the target language. They can make a conversation, or telling a story
individually. Role play also covered Flashcards and Video. Those techniques are used to interest students to study about vocabulary in a fun way.
Below is the transcript of the interview: -
Using Flashcards
Extract 1 interview with Miss Debora, April 30, 2012
“For flashcards, it
used for creating a conversation between one to other students. They are not only imagined but also can practice in the real life in a form of
conversation with their friends.”
Extract 2 interview with Miss Rosa, March 2, 2012
“I use
d flashcards, it is small cards and students will bring all the cards. They can use those cards for creating conversation with their friends. Besides that, they can use
all those cards for patching activity pictures or guessing game.” We can use flashcards when introducingteaching new words or revising them. As we
know Gardner n.d, a psychologist, says there are some types of intelligence. One of them is visual. So ,in this sense, flashcards help teachers to draw the visual learners attention.
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Using VideoMovie
The teachers believed that using video or DVD will help children to capture many vocabulary and make them easy to remember the meaning from the moving pictures. In my
understanding although it is only a video but students really enjoy the moving picture in front of their eyes. Based on my observation at Laboratorium Elementary School, the students
were very enthusiastic when they watched the video.
