Teaching Vocabulary by Using Demonstration Technique

vocabulary, and then many more. However, there are lots kinds of vocabulary to be learned and to be known for students in learning process toward their English skill. In here, the teacher has important role for students in teaching and learning vocabulary. The teacher not only teaches and presents the vocabulary, but the teacher should train the students through drilling in teaching vocabulary. It will make the students remember the English vocabulary continuously and make the students become accustomed. When the students learn the target language especially English, they are emphasized to learn the vocabulary primary and it is very important because it will give good impact for students in developing the foreign language. Mastery of vocabulary influence the students to read or speak English fluently, to express yourself effectively by using English, give self confidence with other people or a community from other country, can help the learners when doing English assignment or examination, etc. Therefore, that is the reasons why vocabulary is important for students in learning English. Those all statements above must be thought by the teacher especially English teacher, by students, and by government of education department. It seems at some schools in Indonesia still has the students who cannot be able in mastering English because they have lack of the vocabulary. It is a crucial problem for teacher and students in learning foreign language. Lack of vocabulary mastery may be caused some factors from the students or teacher. But, the problems can be minimized through cooperate with teacher s’ role. The teacher has important role toward students’ vocabulary in learning language, because the teacher is one of ways to help the students increasing t he students’ vocabulary. To increase the students’ vocabulary, the teacher can use teaching technique creatively. The teaching technique that is used should be interest for students and make them active in the class when learn vocabulary. The writer thinks, the teaching technique that will makes the students feel interest and enjoy in learning process is by using demonstration technique. Demonstration technique emphasize toward learning visually. In learning vocabulary through it, the students and teacher can use by mime, gesture, or action. In one of books tell about demonstration technique by mime, action, and gesture is one of examples of vocabulary teaching technique because the vocabulary becomes easy if presented in this way. According to Harmer in previous explain , “Action, in particular, is probably better explained by mime. Concepts like running or smoking are easy to present in this way; so are ways of walking, expressions, prepositions, and times.” It is teaching vocabulary by using demonstration technique through mime, action, or action, which is will help the teacher or students explain the vocabulary with hand or body movement. Another resource from one of journals, demonstration technique involves the teacher and the students showing, which is how to do something. Demonstration can be done to be effective with both large and small groups. The other words that teaching vocabulary through demonstration technique will help the teacher or students to introduce new words easily and it make the students active in the classroom. It is caused this way more effective which is the teacher just as facilitator and the students doing social interaction in learning process, than other conventional techniques. To sum up based on all descriptions above, the writer assumes basically vocabulary is knowledge of word mean and it is important part of in learning foreign language. Mastery of vocabulary will help the students’ problem who cannot be able in English fluently. Therefore, learning vocabulary in English is very important factor. But remember that the teacher has to make the students become interest and make them enjoy and easy when learn English vocabulary. So, the teacher has to be creative in using teaching technique. One of the teaching techniques is by using demonstration technique. In here, the teacher and students can do something in introducing the English words by mime, action, or gesture. Therefore, demonstration technique gives good impact to stimulus in improving the students’ vocabulary because the students learning by doing and has social interaction in learning process.