Discussion RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS

The students’ scores obtained from the pre-test and post-test also shows the proof that wall charts is an effective simple media to improve the students’ vocabulary mastery. By comparing the score in the pre-test and the post-test, the mean score increased significantly. It means that the research was successful in making improvements. From the facts presented above, it can be concluded that the research taken on the use of wall charts to improve the students’ vocabulary mastery at grade IV of SD N Gambiranom was successful.

B. Implications

According to the conclusion which is previously stated, some further considerations were made in order to improve students ’ vocabulary mastery. The implementation of wall charts helped students’ in the process of learning vocabulary. It can be an alternative way of teaching English, particularly in teaching vocabulary. The actions were effective to give them better understanding to the vocabulary. It can be seen from their faster memorization and their use of the words. The students’ positive attitudes and behaviors towards the use of wall charts implicates that they were motivated by the way it improved their vocabulary mastery. The group works facilitated students to share their thoughts to one another. They looked less nervous than working alone. This implies that they were happy with the group work. The students’ active participation in the process of teaching and learning showed that the media draw students’ focus and attention towards the lesson. The feedback and correction given by the teacher give them better understanding and make them feel more confident to use the words again later. It implies that it is necessary for the teachers to give the students feedback as frequently as possible. It helped the student a lot in learning the vocabulary.

C. Suggestions

After covering up the conclusions and the implications, several suggestions were proposed to the English teacher, the students, and the net researchers. Those are presented as follows:

1. To the Teacher

To the English teacher, the researcher suggests that it would be better if the English teacher use wall charts in teaching vocabulary as it improves the students’ vocabulary mastery. The researcher also suggests that the teacher should give more feedback and correction to students as it helped them in learning the vocabulary better.

2. To the Students

The students will understand the vocabulary easily if they practice more and frequently in pronouncing and visualizing the words. The students can solve their difficulties in learning vocabulary by using wall charts. It improves their abilities in memorizing the words by visualizing them and their interest toward the teaching and learning process.

3. To the Next Researcher

The weakness of this study is its limited time in implementing the actions. The next researcher who is interested in the same field are recommended to implement the actions in a longer period of time to get more maximum results. Other researcher could also use this study as a reference for conducting further research of the relevant topic. They may conduct a research using wall charts in different context.