IMPROVING STUDENTSâ VOCABULARY MASTERY USING LEBAH INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA.
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY USING LEBAH
INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA
(A Classroom Action Research at the Fifth Grade of SDN 2 Sendang in the Academic
Year of 2014/2015)
THESIS
Written as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Degree of
English Education
By
Moh Afif Setiawan
S891302029
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENTOF GRADUATE SCHOOL
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY
SURAKARTA
2016
ABSTRACT
Moh Afif Setiawan, S 891302029, Improving Students’ Vocabulary Using Lebah
Interactive Multimedia (a Classroom Action Research at the Fifth Grade of SDN 2
Sendang in the Academic Year of 2014/2015). A Thesis, Master Program in English
Education, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta.
The objectives of the research are to find out how I use Lebah Interactive
Multimedia to improve students’ vocabulary of the fifth grade of SDN 2 Sendang
Jepara and to find out Lebah Interactive Multimedia as media can solve unconducive
class condition in SDN 2 Jepara. Problem encountered in this research was the low
students’ vocabulary mastery and the unconducive class condition at the fifth grade of
SDN 2 Sendang Jepara.
The subjects of the research was the fifth grade students of SDN 2 Sendang
Jepara.The research was carried out at SDN 2 Sendang Jepara located on Sendang
village, Kalinyamatan Jepara From May to June 2015. In this study, I used classroom
action research method. I carried out three cycles in the research and carried out four
steps namely planning the action, implementing the action, observing and monitoring
the action and reflecting the action. Each cycle was the continum steps from the
implementation of the previous cycle.There were two types of data in this action
research, quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data was the score of test.
Meanwhile, qualitative data was the information of teaching and learning process
gotten from interviews, questionnaires, field notes, and observations.
The result of the research showed that the improvement of students’ mean
score for each cycle. For instance, the mean score of students’ vocabulary mastery in
the pre-test was 52, cycle 1 was 62, cycle 2 was 66, and cycle 3 was 73 assessed by
four indicators of vocabulary mastery which were meaning, pronouncing, spelling
and the using of the words. To sum up, Lebah Interactive Multimedia can be used to
improve students’ vocabulary mastery and make students attentive, enthuastic, and
active in the class. This condition makes the class conducive. It is ideal condition for
learning environment to improve students’ vocabulary.
Key words : Vocabulary mastery, Lebah Interactive Multimedia, Classroom Action
Research
MOTTO
“Man Jadda Wa Jadda”
(Barang siapa yang bersungguh sungguh akan mendapatkannya)
“The formulas of a success are hard word and never give up
(Formula dari kesuksesan adalah kerja keras dan tidak pernah
menyerah)
DEDICATION
This Thesis is especially dedicated for:
My Beloved Parents: Ayah Sudarji, S.Pd. and IbuSri Mulyani R, S.Pd.
My Beloved Parents in Law: Ayah Sularman FR and Alm Sis Minarsih,S.Pd.
My Beloved Brothers and Sister: Moh Nurul Anas, S.Psi
My Lovely and Beautiful Wife: Mega Pratiwi Nilasari, S.Pd.
My Sweet Princess: Kanaya Syifa Anindya
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thank God Allah SWT because of His Blessing and Mercy I
can finish writing my thesis. There are also many people who have helped me
finishing this research. Therefore, I would like to express my respect and deepest
thanks to:
1. The Dean of Educational and Teaching Faculty, Prof. Dr. JokoNurkamto,
M.Pd., for opportunity and permission to write this thesis.
2. The Head of Master Program in English Education, Dr. Ngadiso, M.Pd., for
his permission to write this thesis.
3. My Beloved Consultants, Prof. Dr. JokoNurkamto, M.Pd., and Dr. Sumardi,
M.Hum, for their guidance to conduct this thesis.
4. The Headmaster of SDN 2 Sendang Jepara, Salamun,S.Pd., for permission to
collect data.
5. My Students of SDN 2 Sendang Jepara for their cooperative works and helps.
I always expect criticism and suggestion from the readers in order to make
improvement for my thesis because this is still far from being perfect. However, I
hope that this thesis is able to be useful for other researchers, teachers, and especially
students.
Surakarta,
Moh Afif Setiawan
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITTLE ...........................................................................................................
APPROVAL ....................................................................................................
LEGALIZATION ...........................................................................................
PRONOUNCEMENT .....................................................................................
ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................
MOTTO ..........................................................................................................
DEDICATION ................................................................................................
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..............................................................................
TABLE OF CONTENT ..................................................................................
LIST OF TABLES ..........................................................................................
LIST OF APPENDICES .................................................................................
CHAPTER I
i
ii
iii
iv
v
vi
vii
viii
ix
xi
xii
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study ................................................................
1
B. Problem statement ......................................................................................
7
C. Objectives of the Study ................................................................
7
D. Significances of the Study ................................................................
7
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A. Theoretical Description ................................................................
1. The Nature of Vocabulary ................................................................
9
a. Definition of Vocabulary ................................................................
9
b. The types of Vocabulary ................................................................
10
c. Teaching Vocabulary ................................................................
11
2. Teaching English for Young Learner ................................ 16
a. Definition of Young Learner ................................................................
17
b. Characteristic of Young Learner .........................................................
17
3. Teaching Media ....................................................................................
18
a. Definition of media ................................................................
19
b. The kinds of Media ................................................................
19
4. The Concept of Interactive Multimedia ................................
20
a. Lebah Interactive Multimedia ..............................................................
21
b. Teaching Vocabulary by Using Lebah Intearactive 28
Multimedia ...........................................................................................
B. Classroom Condition ................................................................ 32
C. Review of Related Study ................................................................
33
D. Rationale ................................................................................................
36
E. Action Hypothesis ......................................................................................
36
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Place of the Research ................................................................38
B. Time of the Research ................................................................38
CHAPTER
IV
C. The Subject Of the Research ................................................................
40
D. Research Method ........................................................................................
41
E. Techniques of Collecting Data ................................................................
43
F. Techniques of Analyzing Data ................................................................
45
RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
A. Situation Prior to the Research ................................................................
47
B. Implementation of the Research ................................................................
50
1. Cycle I ................................................................................................
50
a. Planning the Action ................................................................
50
b. Implementing the Action ....................................
50
c. Observing and Monitoring the Action .................
56
d. Reflecting the Action ...........................................
59
2. Cycle II ........................................................................
62
a. Re-planning the Action ........................................
62
b. Implementing the Action .....................................
62
c. Observing and Monitoring the Action .................
68
d. Reflecting the Action ...........................................
71
3. Cycle III ......................................................................
74
a. Re-planning the Action ........................................
74
b. Implementing the Action .....................................
75
c. Observing and Monitoring the Action .................
81
d. Reflecting the Action ...........................................
83
C. Research Findings ..............................................................
87
D. Discussion ..........................................................................
87
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION, IMPLICATION AND SUGGESTION
92
A. Conclusion .........................................................................
92
B. Implication .........................................................................
93
C. Suggestion .........................................................................
94
BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................
APPENDICES ......................................................................................................
LIST OF TABLES
Table 3.1:
Table 3.2:
Table 4.2:
Table 4.3:
Table 4.4:
Table 4.5:
Table 4.6:
Table 4.7:
Research Schedule………………………………………………..
The Schedule of Action Research………………………………...
The Score Improvement of Students’ Vocabulary in Cycle I…….
The Improvement of Students’ Learning Achievement in the end
of Cycle I………………………………………………………….
The Improvement of Mean Score of Vocabulary Mastery in
Cycle II...………………………………………………………….
The Improvement of Students’ Learning Achievement in the end
of Cycle II………………………………..
The Improvement of Students’ Mean Score of Students’
Vocabulary
Mastery
in
Cycle
I,
II
and
III………………………………………….....................................
Summary of the Achievement in the End of Cycle
III……………………….................................................................
38
39
58
40
70
74
83
88
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Appendix 5
Appendix 6
Appendix 7
Appendix 8
Appendix 9
Appendix 10
Interview Questions (Pre-research) ..........................................
Lesson Plan of Cycle 1 ............................................................
Lesson Plan of Cycle 2 ............................................................
Lesson Plan of Cycle 3 .............................................................
Field Note Sample ....................................................................
Pre-test Score of Vocabulary Mastery ......................................
Post-test Score of Vocabuylary Mastery of Cycle 1 .................
Post-test Score of Vocabulary Mastery of Cycle 2 ...................
Post-test Score of Vocabulary Mastery of Cycle 3 ...................
Photographs ..............................................................................
100
110
134
159
189
201
202
203
204
205
INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA
(A Classroom Action Research at the Fifth Grade of SDN 2 Sendang in the Academic
Year of 2014/2015)
THESIS
Written as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Degree of
English Education
By
Moh Afif Setiawan
S891302029
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENTOF GRADUATE SCHOOL
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY
SURAKARTA
2016
ABSTRACT
Moh Afif Setiawan, S 891302029, Improving Students’ Vocabulary Using Lebah
Interactive Multimedia (a Classroom Action Research at the Fifth Grade of SDN 2
Sendang in the Academic Year of 2014/2015). A Thesis, Master Program in English
Education, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta.
The objectives of the research are to find out how I use Lebah Interactive
Multimedia to improve students’ vocabulary of the fifth grade of SDN 2 Sendang
Jepara and to find out Lebah Interactive Multimedia as media can solve unconducive
class condition in SDN 2 Jepara. Problem encountered in this research was the low
students’ vocabulary mastery and the unconducive class condition at the fifth grade of
SDN 2 Sendang Jepara.
The subjects of the research was the fifth grade students of SDN 2 Sendang
Jepara.The research was carried out at SDN 2 Sendang Jepara located on Sendang
village, Kalinyamatan Jepara From May to June 2015. In this study, I used classroom
action research method. I carried out three cycles in the research and carried out four
steps namely planning the action, implementing the action, observing and monitoring
the action and reflecting the action. Each cycle was the continum steps from the
implementation of the previous cycle.There were two types of data in this action
research, quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data was the score of test.
Meanwhile, qualitative data was the information of teaching and learning process
gotten from interviews, questionnaires, field notes, and observations.
The result of the research showed that the improvement of students’ mean
score for each cycle. For instance, the mean score of students’ vocabulary mastery in
the pre-test was 52, cycle 1 was 62, cycle 2 was 66, and cycle 3 was 73 assessed by
four indicators of vocabulary mastery which were meaning, pronouncing, spelling
and the using of the words. To sum up, Lebah Interactive Multimedia can be used to
improve students’ vocabulary mastery and make students attentive, enthuastic, and
active in the class. This condition makes the class conducive. It is ideal condition for
learning environment to improve students’ vocabulary.
Key words : Vocabulary mastery, Lebah Interactive Multimedia, Classroom Action
Research
MOTTO
“Man Jadda Wa Jadda”
(Barang siapa yang bersungguh sungguh akan mendapatkannya)
“The formulas of a success are hard word and never give up
(Formula dari kesuksesan adalah kerja keras dan tidak pernah
menyerah)
DEDICATION
This Thesis is especially dedicated for:
My Beloved Parents: Ayah Sudarji, S.Pd. and IbuSri Mulyani R, S.Pd.
My Beloved Parents in Law: Ayah Sularman FR and Alm Sis Minarsih,S.Pd.
My Beloved Brothers and Sister: Moh Nurul Anas, S.Psi
My Lovely and Beautiful Wife: Mega Pratiwi Nilasari, S.Pd.
My Sweet Princess: Kanaya Syifa Anindya
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thank God Allah SWT because of His Blessing and Mercy I
can finish writing my thesis. There are also many people who have helped me
finishing this research. Therefore, I would like to express my respect and deepest
thanks to:
1. The Dean of Educational and Teaching Faculty, Prof. Dr. JokoNurkamto,
M.Pd., for opportunity and permission to write this thesis.
2. The Head of Master Program in English Education, Dr. Ngadiso, M.Pd., for
his permission to write this thesis.
3. My Beloved Consultants, Prof. Dr. JokoNurkamto, M.Pd., and Dr. Sumardi,
M.Hum, for their guidance to conduct this thesis.
4. The Headmaster of SDN 2 Sendang Jepara, Salamun,S.Pd., for permission to
collect data.
5. My Students of SDN 2 Sendang Jepara for their cooperative works and helps.
I always expect criticism and suggestion from the readers in order to make
improvement for my thesis because this is still far from being perfect. However, I
hope that this thesis is able to be useful for other researchers, teachers, and especially
students.
Surakarta,
Moh Afif Setiawan
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITTLE ...........................................................................................................
APPROVAL ....................................................................................................
LEGALIZATION ...........................................................................................
PRONOUNCEMENT .....................................................................................
ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................
MOTTO ..........................................................................................................
DEDICATION ................................................................................................
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..............................................................................
TABLE OF CONTENT ..................................................................................
LIST OF TABLES ..........................................................................................
LIST OF APPENDICES .................................................................................
CHAPTER I
i
ii
iii
iv
v
vi
vii
viii
ix
xi
xii
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study ................................................................
1
B. Problem statement ......................................................................................
7
C. Objectives of the Study ................................................................
7
D. Significances of the Study ................................................................
7
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A. Theoretical Description ................................................................
1. The Nature of Vocabulary ................................................................
9
a. Definition of Vocabulary ................................................................
9
b. The types of Vocabulary ................................................................
10
c. Teaching Vocabulary ................................................................
11
2. Teaching English for Young Learner ................................ 16
a. Definition of Young Learner ................................................................
17
b. Characteristic of Young Learner .........................................................
17
3. Teaching Media ....................................................................................
18
a. Definition of media ................................................................
19
b. The kinds of Media ................................................................
19
4. The Concept of Interactive Multimedia ................................
20
a. Lebah Interactive Multimedia ..............................................................
21
b. Teaching Vocabulary by Using Lebah Intearactive 28
Multimedia ...........................................................................................
B. Classroom Condition ................................................................ 32
C. Review of Related Study ................................................................
33
D. Rationale ................................................................................................
36
E. Action Hypothesis ......................................................................................
36
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Place of the Research ................................................................38
B. Time of the Research ................................................................38
CHAPTER
IV
C. The Subject Of the Research ................................................................
40
D. Research Method ........................................................................................
41
E. Techniques of Collecting Data ................................................................
43
F. Techniques of Analyzing Data ................................................................
45
RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
A. Situation Prior to the Research ................................................................
47
B. Implementation of the Research ................................................................
50
1. Cycle I ................................................................................................
50
a. Planning the Action ................................................................
50
b. Implementing the Action ....................................
50
c. Observing and Monitoring the Action .................
56
d. Reflecting the Action ...........................................
59
2. Cycle II ........................................................................
62
a. Re-planning the Action ........................................
62
b. Implementing the Action .....................................
62
c. Observing and Monitoring the Action .................
68
d. Reflecting the Action ...........................................
71
3. Cycle III ......................................................................
74
a. Re-planning the Action ........................................
74
b. Implementing the Action .....................................
75
c. Observing and Monitoring the Action .................
81
d. Reflecting the Action ...........................................
83
C. Research Findings ..............................................................
87
D. Discussion ..........................................................................
87
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION, IMPLICATION AND SUGGESTION
92
A. Conclusion .........................................................................
92
B. Implication .........................................................................
93
C. Suggestion .........................................................................
94
BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................
APPENDICES ......................................................................................................
LIST OF TABLES
Table 3.1:
Table 3.2:
Table 4.2:
Table 4.3:
Table 4.4:
Table 4.5:
Table 4.6:
Table 4.7:
Research Schedule………………………………………………..
The Schedule of Action Research………………………………...
The Score Improvement of Students’ Vocabulary in Cycle I…….
The Improvement of Students’ Learning Achievement in the end
of Cycle I………………………………………………………….
The Improvement of Mean Score of Vocabulary Mastery in
Cycle II...………………………………………………………….
The Improvement of Students’ Learning Achievement in the end
of Cycle II………………………………..
The Improvement of Students’ Mean Score of Students’
Vocabulary
Mastery
in
Cycle
I,
II
and
III………………………………………….....................................
Summary of the Achievement in the End of Cycle
III……………………….................................................................
38
39
58
40
70
74
83
88
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Appendix 5
Appendix 6
Appendix 7
Appendix 8
Appendix 9
Appendix 10
Interview Questions (Pre-research) ..........................................
Lesson Plan of Cycle 1 ............................................................
Lesson Plan of Cycle 2 ............................................................
Lesson Plan of Cycle 3 .............................................................
Field Note Sample ....................................................................
Pre-test Score of Vocabulary Mastery ......................................
Post-test Score of Vocabuylary Mastery of Cycle 1 .................
Post-test Score of Vocabulary Mastery of Cycle 2 ...................
Post-test Score of Vocabulary Mastery of Cycle 3 ...................
Photographs ..............................................................................
100
110
134
159
189
201
202
203
204
205