21 other people from other countries. English becomes international language so the
government gives it a special status as the first foreign language and it should be learned in any level of education in Indonesia.
In education, English is the first foreign language that is taught to the children in schools. English lesson has been taught in Elementary school. English
needs to be introduced to the children early. So English must be given and taught to students of Elementary school in preparation to the new world, because English
has important role for them to enter world job. In language teaching, vocabulary is important for the learner. Learning
English vocabulary in Elementary school is very important and gives benefit. In the first time, vocabulary is one of basic matters in English language study.
Learners need to learn what words mean and how to make the sentences from the words. They will understand sentences easily if they learn words as a single item.
Vocabulary is also the exposures for further learning English, such as writing, listening, speaking, and reading. Therefore, vocabulary acquisition should be
introduced in early. This final project is going to explain the teaching of English especially to
4
th
grade students. It will report the ways in presenting new words to 4
th
grade
students. The title of this final project is “Teaching English Vocabulary to the 4
th
Grade Students of Elementary School in SDN Banjaransari I, Ngawi
B. Objectives
22 The objectives of this report are:
1. To find out the method is used in teaching vocabulary to the 4
th
grade students in SDN Banjaransari I, Ngawi.
2. To find out the problems and the solutions in process of teaching and learning
English vocabulary to the 4
th
grade students in SDN Banjaransari I, Ngawi.
C. Benefits
It is hoped that the report result can be used by: 1.
The teachers in SDN Banjaransari I, Ngawi The writer hopes it can be a useful contribution for other teachers to improve
their knowledge about vocabulary teaching.
2. Readers
The writer hopes that this final project can give some advantages to the readers who want to know about vocabulary teaching.
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CHATER II LITERATURE REVIEW
A. Teaching
According to Douglas Brown, teaching can be defined “showing or helping someone to learn how to do something, giving instruction, guiding in the
study of something, providing with knowledge causing how to know or understand Brown, 2000: 7. Oxford learner’s Dictionary defines “teaching as a
process of giving instruction to somebody”. It means that teaching is important for the learners. It is done by the teacher to give knowledge and to instruct somebody
in order to make students know what they learn. Teacher has an important role in teaching –learning. Teacher can motivate
the students in learning something that is given by teacher. ”Teacher helps the learners develop strategies to comprehend and learn the low frequency words of
the languages.” Mc Charty, 1997: 11. According to Jeremy Harmer, there are some criteria that someone should
do to be a good teacher:
24 a.
A teacher should make her his lesson interesting b.
A teacher must love her his job c.
A teacher should have his her own personality d.
A teacher should have a lot of knowledge e.
A good teacher is an entertainer in a positive sense not in a negative sense Harmer, 1998: 1-2
The student’s motivation is also important for learning something. If they have high motivation, the teaching- learning activity will be easier and more
interesting. So the students need the teacher to teach them because the teacher is special motivation for the students.
B. Vocabulary
