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stated that, “a fixed set of words used as part of the definition of other words”.
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It is found in such contexts as foreign-language teaching, the teaching of reading,
and lexicography. According to Webster , on Zainuri’s „English Vocabulary’ book,
vocabulary was defined as follows: a
A list or collection of words or of words and phrases usually alphabetically arranged and explained or defined.
b A sum or stock of words employed by a language group individual or
work or in relation to a subject: scope of language. c
A list of a foreign language textbook of the words and phrases taught or used.
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Hatch and Brown said, “vocabulary refers to a list or set of words for a particular language or a list or a set of words that individual speakers of a
language might use.”
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In addition, Jack C. Richards and Willy A Renandya stated that “vocabulary is a core component of language proficiency and provides much
of the basis for how well learners speak, listen, and write.”
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In learning English, students in high school should learn a new vocabulary. They have to master a
language component in order to comprehend the information, and able to speak and write in English.
From those definitions above, it can be concluded that vocabulary is the basic of language that can be used by individual speaker. It is a very important
tool to master a language. Mastering new language is not easy because some aspects of language are not easy to learn, it is impossible to learn a new language
without mastering vocabulary. Vocabulary is the important aspect of improving communication skills. A learner of a foreign language will speak fluently if heshe
masters it. Vocabulary will help a learner write easily, and understand what he
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David Crystal, A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics sixth edition, Cambridge, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008, p.132
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A.S Hornby in A.M Zainuri, English Vocabulary 1: Revised Edition, Jakarta: UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, 2004, p. 1.
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Evelyn Hatch and Cheryl Brown, Vocabulary, Semantics, and Language Education, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998, p.1.
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Jack C. Richards and Willy A Renandya.. Methodology in Language Teaching, An Anthology of Current Pactice. NewYork: Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 225.