CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
A. The Background of the Study
Teaching a foreign language, especially English is not an easy job. Because in teaching that language, there are many aspects to teach. Besides
grammar and pronunciation vocabulary is one of the important aspects to teach.
In any foreign language, learning vocabulary is necessary. Good mastery of vocabulary is an important aspect in communication. Without
mastering vocabulary one is possibly good in theory but he can not actualize his ideas in oral or written. Vocabulary is one of the language elements to
learn when students are learning a language, especially English. In the language, vocabulary is of central and critical importance to the
typical language learner.
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Unfortunately, there are so few course books which have provided guidance in learning vocabulary. Vocabulary is not easy to
increase without a proper way to build it up. In this case, English teacher has important role to stimulate his students to enrich their vocabulary. By and
large, this seems to work reasonably well, provided students are given some
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Cody James and Huckin Thomas, Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, p. 5
opportunity to manipulate and play with new items, to help assimilate them to make their own. How this is best done depends on teachers lesson planning.
Planning is the aspect of central process in creative teaching. Although detailed plans are most essential to the inexperienced teacher, careful planning
contributes to the effectiveness of all teachers. Careful planning is the primary factor in developing good discipline and a desirable classroom atmosphere as
well as providing the feeling security that is valuable to a teacher.
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Good teachers should always plan carefully and thoroughly for every aspect of instruction from the first lesson of the first day to the last lesson of
the last day. They know what they are going to do, how they intend to do it, what they hope to achieve, what has been done. Good teaching does not just
happen. It is a product of meticulous organization combined with solid knowledge of subject, an awareness of various methods and a through
understanding of and liking for the students with whom the teacher works. Lesson planning is the key, because a plan would reflect back to the teacher
how effective the teaching for reaching goals and objectives such as “to have the student learn critical abilities for analyzing situation”.
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As stated Richard I. Arends, planning process initiated by teachers a sense of direction and help
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Alvin W. Howard, Teaching in Middle School, Pennsylvania: International Text Book Company, 1968, p. 56
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Marsha Weil, Personal Models of Teaching, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc, 1978, p. 19
students become aware of the goals that are implicit in the learning tasks they are asked to perform.
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Therefore, the lesson planning becomes so important before the teachers give the knowledge to all his students in teaching learning process.
Teacher planning is a major determinant of what is taught is schools. And for those reasons, the writer is interested in writing about a Model Lesson Plan
for Teaching Vocabulary at the Second Year of MTsN Tangerang II Pamulang.
B. The Limitation and The Formulation of the Problem
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