T BING 1204674 Table of Content

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ................................................................................................... i
ACKNOWLEGEMENTS ...................................................................................... ii
ABSTRACT........................................................................................................... iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................... v
LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................... viii
LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................... ix
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 1
1.1
1.2.
1.3
1.4
1.5

1.6

Background of the Study.............................................................................. 1
The Formulation of the Problems ................................................................. 4
The Scope of the Study ................................................................................ 4
The Aim of the Study ................................................................................... 5

The Significance of the Research................................................................. 5
1.5.1 For the Teachers .................................................................................. 5
1.5.2 For the Students ................................................................................... 5
1.5.3 For Other Researchers ......................................................................... 5
Definitions of Key Terms ............................................................................. 6

1.7

Thesis Organization ...................................................................................... 7

CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ........................................... 10
2.1

Vocabulary................................................................................................... 10

2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6


2.1.1 Definition of Vocabulary .................................................................... 11
2.1.2 Vocabulary Mastery ........................................................................... 11
2.1.3 Kinds of Vocabulary........................................................................... 12
2.1.4 The Teaching and Learning of Vocabulary ........................................ 13
2.1.5 Teaching English to Junior High School Students ............................. 22
2.1.6 Problems in Teaching Vocabulary...................................................... 23
2.1.7 Techniques of Teaching Vocabulary .................................................. 28
The Reference of Intervention Action Alternative Chosen......................... 35
Students’ Learning Involvement .................................................................. 49
Minimum Mastery Criterion ........................................................................ 53
Action Hypothesis........................................................................................ 54
Conclusion ................................................................................................... 54

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CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ............................................ 56
3.1

3.2
3.3

3.4
3.5

Research Design .......................................................................................... 56
Research Site and Participants ..................................................................... 60
Data Collection ............................................................................................ 60
3.3.1 Interview ............................................................................................. 61
3.3.2 Observation......................................................................................... 62
3.3.3 Test ..................................................................................................... 62
3.3.4 Questionnaire ...................................................................................... 63
Data Analysis ............................................................................................... 64
Criterion of Success .................................................................................... 66

CHPTER IV: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ................................................. 67
4.1

4.2


Description of Preliminary Study................................................................ 67
4.1.1 The Result of Pre-interview ................................................................ 68
4.1.2 The Result of Pre-observation ............................................................ 69
4.1.3 The Result of Pre-Test ....................................................................... 69
Research Results .......................................................................................... 71
4.2.1 Description of the First Cycle ............................................................ 72
4.2.2 Description of the Second Cycle ........................................................ 79
4.2.3 Conclusion .......................................................................................... 93

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ..................................... 94
5.1
5.2
5.3

Major Findings and Their Significances ...................................................... 94
Conclusion ................................................................................................... 95
Suggestion for Further Research ................................................................. 95

REFERENCES...................................................................................................... 99

APPENDICES .....................................................................................................108

Appendix la Interview for the English teacher in the Preliminary .......................108
Appendix lb The Result of Interview in the Last of
Classroom Action Research............................................................109
Appendix 2a Interview for the English teacher after the Cycle 2
of the Classroom Action Research..................................................111
Appendix 2b Interview for the English Teacher after Classroom
Action Research..............................................................................112
Appendix 3 Questionnaire for Students after Classroom Action Research .........114
Appendix 4 Pre-test and Post-test Blueprint ........................................................115
Appendix 5a Lesson Plan ....................................................................................116
Appendix 5b Teaching and Learning Material of Cycle 1 ..................................121
Appendix 5c Dominoes card ...............................................................................124
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Appendix 6a Test Instrument and Answer Key in Pre-test and Post-test 1 ........127
Appendix 6b Students’ Score in the Pre-test .......................................................132

Appendix 6c Students’ Score in the Post-test 1 ..................................................133
Appendix 7a Test Instrument and Answer Key in Post-test 2 ............................136
Appendix 7b Students’ Score in the Post-test 2 ..................................................141
Appendix 8a Observational Note in Cycle 1.......................................................143
Appendix 8b Observational Note in Cycle 2 ......................................................144
Appendix 9 Standar Kompetensi dan Kompetensi DasarTingkat
SMP dan MTs ..................................................................................145
Appendix 10 Activities Pictures .......................................................................... 154

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LIST OF TABLES

Table
4.1

Pre-test Result .............................................................................................. 71


4.2

Post-test 1 Result Statistics ......................................................................... 75

4.3

Post-test Frequency...................................................................................... 76

4.4

Tests of Normality ....................................................................................... 78

4.5

Paired Samples Statistics ............................................................................. 78

4.6

Paired Samples Test .................................................................................... 79


4.7

Statistics of Post-test 2 ................................................................................ 83

4.8

Frequency of Post-test 2 ............................................................................. 84

4.9

Tests of Normality ....................................................................................... 85

4.10 Test Statistics ............................................................................................... 86

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LIST OF FIGURES


Figure 3.1 Classroom Action Research Procedure ................................................ 58
Figure 4.1 The Students’ improvement in vocabulary test score .......................... 77
Figure 4.2 Students’ vocabulary test score improvement in the 2nd post-test .............. 84

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