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CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION
A. Before Implementing the Action
In this section, there are three parts of those sections related to before implementing the action. Those are pre interview, pre observation, and pretest. Those
explanations as following:
1. The Result of Pre Interview a. The Description of Data from Pre-Interview with English Teacher of
Seventh Grade of Yayasan Miftahul Janah YMJ Ciputat
Based on the pre-interview with the English teacher of seventh grade of Yayasan Miftahul Janah YMJ Junior High School Ciputat was held on
Friday, August 13
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2010, started at 09.00 A.M and finished at 10.00 A.M. Here, the writer asked to the teacher some questions whose divided into three
categories. Those were the general condition in english class on student’s achievment on vocabulary, the difficulties faced by the students in learning
vocabulary, and the strategy implemented by the teacher in improving students’ vocabulary before CAR in solving students’ difficulties in learning
vocabulary.
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First category discussed about the general condition in English class on students’ achievement of the test on vocabulary. Most of them who have
low ability on vocabulary. So that, they have the average of students’ vocabulary score which is very low.
Second catagory discuss about the difficulties faced by the students in learning vocabulary. Most students have found difficulties in leraning
vocabulary, those are: understanding of meaning. Most students have found difficulties of understanding words because they did not know the meaning of
word when they are learning. It is so hard for them to understand the lesson well. Beside of that, students can not differentiate the foreign word-spelling.
The students have frequently found some similar words and sounds in English; it makes them was confused.
Third category discuss about the strategy implemented by the teacher in improving students’ vocabulary before CAR in solving students’
difficulties in learning vocabulary. The teacher often take materials from students’ handbook called LKS, and the English text book that was given by
the school. Meanwhile, concerning the strategy who was given by the teacher in improving students’ vocabulary, the teacher said that he ever had used
picture, realia, and group work, and in fact, only active students who understand and interest the material rather than the other pasive students. At
last, the teacher suggested to the writer applies game in improving students’ vocabulary.
b. The Description of Data From Pre-Interview with Seventh Grade of Yayasan Miftahul Janah YMJ Ciputat
Based on the unstructured interview was conducted by the writer to the ten students of seventh grade of Yayasan Miftahul Janah YMJ Junior
High School Ciputat, it is known that most students did not like English, and
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they have not motivation to learn english beacuse they thought that learning english is very difficult.
The student of seventh grade of Yayasan Miftahul Janah YMJ Ciputat has some problems in leraning English that they can not understand
English very well, and the lack of vocabulary that they have. Thus, the student said that their English teacher tought them by introducing new word and he
asks them to memorize and perform it in front of class. Sometimes, they also told about story in front of class, but it is very rarely. The student also said
that their english teacher sometimes uses english in the classroom, but many students did not understand what he said, so that he changes into indonesian
language. However, they were ignored it, because they have not enough vocabulary.
2. The Result of Pre Observation
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