According to Depdiknas in Kerangka Dasar dan Struktur Kurikulum Bahasa Inggris SMP dan MTS
2003: 35 “In accordance essentially language learning, learning vocabulary is not taught the words or phrases separated off,
but was involved in discourse context, with regard to subjects and also related with specific areas as an example of the discourse on the theme games. In
order to achieve optimal learning outcomes vocabulary, teachers need to equip their students with words related to particular field. In every field of
science used special words. Vocabulary enrichment effort needs to be done continuously and can be obtai
ned through certain areas”.
Learning vocabulary need process. In order to make an effective process, the learner should be in the effective condition acquiring vocabulary. Further,
Thornbury 2002: 2 stated that condition should help the learners to acquire a critical mass of words use in both understanding and producing language.
Moreover, it will enable them to remember word over time and be able to recall readily. In addition, it can develop strategies for coping with gaps in word,
including coping with unknown words or unfamiliar uses of unknown words.
g. Teaching Vocabulary in Junior High School
According to Permendiknas No. 22 and 23 year 2006, the aim of English teaching and learning is to make students able to communicate both and oral and
written in order to face the development of science and technology in the global era. The students are expected to matter five competences. They are linguistics
competence vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, intonation, etc., socio-cultural competence they have communicate such as language style, politeness, etc.,
discourse competence context, strategies competence the competence to overcome problems or difficulties in communication, and functional competence
listening, speaking, reading, and writing. As one of the linguistics mentioned in the School Based Curriculum
KTSP that vocabulary is essential element of English so it should be placed as one of the aspects which have to be concerned well in the teaching learning
process. Besides that, vocabulary has an important role to support the ability of four skills, i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
It is important to teach vocabulary in the English teaching learning process, especially in the communication language teaching method. In this
method, vocabulary is the main to support the communication goals because if the students do not master vocabulary well the goals cannot be reached. Therefore,
the teaching of vocabulary should be in accordance with the text type, but the use of translation should be minimized.
According to Nation 2008: 7 “Learners need to take responsibility for their own learning, that is, they have become autonomous learners
”. This will be difficult for the learners. The learners need to be serious because they have t think
about what words they should learn, for what they learn those words, and how they learn it, when they need to use the words and keep motivated to learn and
using the language. Become autonomous learners also include searching for information on their own to develop their knowledge. Therefore, the teacher’s role
is very important to help the learners.
Teaching English to teenagers is different from teaching English to adult learners. The teenagers have special characteristics Brown: 2001. First, the
operational thought of the teenagers is increasing. They can solve the problems with logical thinking. Second, attention spans of the teenagers are lengthening.
This is as a result of intellectual maturation of the teenagers. Third, the teenagers still need varieties of sensory input. Other characteristics of the teenagers are they
a very high ego and self-image and are very sensitive. The last characteristics of the teenagers are they are more and more becoming adult like, so the teacher has
to be careful in teaching them. Teenagers are easy to get bored with the lesson compared with adult
learners. They need colorful pictures and information that are relevant with their world. Teaching English vocabulary to teenagers need an extra work and
appropriate teaching method which is adjusted to the student’s need. Therefore, the teachers should be creative in finding interesting ways to teach vocabulary.
h. Vocabulary Teaching in School-based Curriculum
The school-based curriculum is an operational curriculum that is arranged, develop, and implemented by each school that is able to develop it based on law
number 23 year 2003 about national education system in Indonesia Mulyasa, 2006: 12. The implementation school-based curriculum in English teaching and
learning process means the implementation school-based curriculum principle into the English teaching and learning process.
