puppets and dolls. In the designed materials, the realia would be presented as pictures.
b. The Use of Realia in Teaching Vocabulary for the Sixth Grade
Students of Elementary School
Since the aim of English language learning for the sixth grade students of elementary school was to arouse their interest and to motivate them in
learning it, the teacher should be able to consider the students’ characteristic. The teacher chose realia as the teaching media because it could give a clear
meaning of the words when the teacher presented the realia with real objects or models of them.
The writer employed communicative tasks in her designed materials. The writer intended to design several tasks in her designed materials which
may motivate students in learning activity, and can bring about a purposeful action to achieve target language. Realia becomes a part of Communicative
Language Teaching CLT. Many proponents of CLT have advocated the use of “authentic”, “from life” materials in the classroom. These might include
language-based realia, such as signs, magazines, advertisements, and newspaper, and graphic or visual sources around which communicative
activities can be built, such as maps, pictures, symbols, graphs, and charts. In teaching vocabulary using realia as the media, the writer also
employed the Direct Method or widely known as the Natural Method. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
There are following principles and procedures in Direct Method: 1
Classroom instruction was conducted exclusively in the target language. 2
Only everyday vocabulary and sentences were taught. 3
Oral communication skills were built up in a carefully graded progression organized around question and answer exchanges between teachers and
students in small, intensive classes. 4
Grammar was taught inductively. 5
New teaching points were introduced orally. 6
Concrete vocabulary was taught through demonstration, objects, and pictures. Abstract vocabulary was taught by association of ideas.
7 Both speech and listening comprehension were taught.
8 Correct pronunciation and grammar were emphasized.
The use of realia for teaching vocabulary becomes one of the Direct Method principles. The realia is one of effective media in showing meaning
and may provide learning experiences so that the students will be motivated and have interest in learning English. It also can help the students to master
the English vocabulary, because by seeing, touching and feeling directly to the objects, the students will be easily memorizing the words.
6. A Brief Description of the School-Based-Curriculum KTSP
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