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easily got bored and lacks of concentration. Because of this situation, the students could not fully learn the lesson. That is why their vocabulary
mastery was low. It was also proven by the mean score of pre-test only 57.78.
Based on pre-research, the researcher identified that the students’ vocabulary mastery should be improved by implementing a teaching and
learning process that could overcome the problems. Therefore, the researcher designed teaching vocabulary using experiential learning.
2. Planning the Action
Finding the facts that the students’ vocabulary mastery is low, the researcher tries to improve students’ vocabulary mastery by implementing
an action that is considered appropriate and interesting for the students, that is, teaching vocabulary using experiential learning, great way to present,
practice, and revise vocabulary, because experiential learning helps students actively learn English in enjoyable condition. The researcher believes that
experiential learning is appropriate method to improve students’ vocabulary mastery.
Before implementing the action, the researcher prepares a lesson plan as the teacher’s guide in teaching, the materials based on the
curriculum, students’ worksheet which consists of some tasks and other things related to the action. All of these instruments are needed to support
the activities during the lesson so that the lesson can be well-organized and
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the objective can be successfully achieved. There are three terms in a lesson plan: opening, main activities, and closing. Cycle 1 consists of three
meetings for presenting the material. Each meeting took 70 minutes. She plans different activities for each meeting. But, there was still a connection
between the first and second meetings. The topic of cycle 1 was “Hobby”, “Order and Request” and “Asking for Permission”. The objective of the
lesson is to introduce new vocabulary to the students related to the topic. The action plan would be implemented by the researcher who is also as a
teacher.
3. Implementing the Action
The action plan was implemented by IA as a teacher. In the first cycle, she introduced vocabulary dealing with Hobby. In implementing the
action, the researcher used the lesson plan that had been prepared before. The action consists of three sections: opening, main activity, and closing.
Each of the section is described as follows:
1. The first meeting Wednesday, 4
