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A Study on Vocabulary Learning Strategies in English Department

(A Descriptive Study on the Fourth Semester Students of Muhammadiyah University of

Purwokerto in Academic Year 2013/2014)

  

A THESIS

Submitted to English Department as a Partial Fulfilment

of the Requirement S.Pd Degree

By:

  

ANNISA AMWAR RAKHMAWATI

1001050182

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO

  

2014

  DEDICATION With love, I dedicated this thesis to:

   My beloved parents. Dra. Sri Wartini and Amilun SE.

  My parents always give me support, motivation, great love and they are the special for me. Thanks for being the best for me. I want to make you proud of me.

   My sister KurniasihAmwarSolihah

  She always makes me lots of laugh when I feel bored

   My grandmother Karsini She always supports and prayer for me.

   My aunt SitiBadriyah, my cousins DewiRosmayanti and DekyRisdianto.

  They are my spirit and my inspiration. I still remember all of your suggestions and advices what you said. Those advices make me spiritfull.

   My uncle UripWahidin, my aunt Sri widiastuti and Sri

  Harumiati Thanks for always listen and for supporting me from first

until the end. For making I laugh. They always make me

happy and make me forget all of my problems.

   My beloved neighbors Estifa and IsmiHidayati.

  Thanks for your attention, suggestion, prayer, and advice.

  

My BestiesDwimaryati, NosiWulandani, SuciNur, Widia

Margi, Tri Wahyuni

  Thanks for being my best friends and spending the time with me. All of you give me happiness all the day.

   AyuHandayani..

  

You always support and guide me until I finished this thesis.

Thank you so much.

   Class D ‘10’ in English education department

  I will not forget our togetherness and our struggle. I will miss you all of our memories.

   My bestfriendsAngginSusanti, Indah Nur, AuliaRidho,

  EsaNur, Eta Ratna, Dina Anata, Reni Safitri

You always make me cheerful. Thanks for giving me have

high spirited to finish my thesis. Because of you all I know the meaning of friendship.

   My bestieskhoirunnisaGalihUtami and Ero Nadia Ulfah

You make me crazy and lots of laugh if we always together.

   My team success. Annisa Hani and Ayuwulanmei.

  They wait me in front of the room until I finished and I said “ iam passed on my thesis examination”

   My laptop, Cloudz

  

You helped me in finishing this thesis. I will not finish this

thesis without you and sorry for making you “hot” all night.

  MOTTO

Everything come from Allah and it

shall return back to Allah

  

All beginning are very difficult but we

should starting from now.Successful without sacrifice is nothing

  

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I would like to express my gratitude to all those who gave me the

possibility to complete this thesis. First and foremost I would like to

thank to Allah SWT who has given his guidance, merciful and his

permission, so that I can finish my thesis as partial fulfillment to get

S.Pd degree.

  The Researcher is greatly indebted to: 1.

  Drs. Ahmad M. Pd as the dean of Teacher training and

  Education faculty 2.

  Drs. Pudiyono M. Hum as the head of English Education

  Department who has given the opportunity and agreement to carry out this thesis.

  3. I am deeply grateful to my supervisor, Drs. BambangSuroso M.Hum for his detailed and constructive comments, and for his important support throughout this work.

  4. Special thanks to all of students on the fourth semester in Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto in my thesis as the respondents. Thanks for being friendly.

  5. My beloved family, my parents, my sister, my grandmother, my aunt, my uncle, who always gives me support, motivation, great love and I know that i love you as much as my heart can love. You are the special for me

6. For my friends in Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto thanks for all of your togetherness, happiness and kindness.

  

7. Last but not the last, my deepest love and appreciation I

would like to thanks to all lecturers who has delivered their knowledge that is very valuable and useful.

  8. This thesis is still far from being perfect. Therefore,

constructive suggestion is needed for the progress of the next

study. I hopes that this research can give benefit for everyone

who concerns with this research.

  Purwokerto, September 2014 The Reseacher

  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  Pages TITLE …………………………………………………………………………… i APPROVAL ……………………………………………………………………. ii LEGALIZATION ………………………………………………………………. iii DECLARATION LETTER …………………………………………………….. iv DEDICATION ………………………………………………………………….. v MOTTO …………………………………………………………………………. vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ………………………………………………………. viii ABSTRACT …………………………………………………………………….. x TABLE OF CONTENTS ………………………………………………………... xi LIST OF TABLES ………………………………………………………………. xiv LIST OF APPENDICES ………………………………………………………… xv

  CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION A. Background of the research …………………………………………... 1 B. Reason for choosing the topic …………………………………………… 3 C. Problems of the research ………………………………………….......

  3 D.

  4 The aims of the research ……………………………………………… E.

  4 Classification of terms ………………………………………………..

  F.

  5 Contribution of the research …………………………………………..

CHAPTER II. LITERATURE VIEW A. Vocabulary 1.

  6 Definition of vocabulary ………………………………………… 2.

  7 The importance of vocabulary …………………………………… 3.

  7 Types of vocabulary ……………………………………………..

  4.

  8 The Aspects of Vocabulary ……………………………………… 5.

  10 Learning vocabulary …………………………………………….

  6.

  14 The Aspects of vocabulary knowledge …………………………..

  B.

  Learning Strategies 1.

  15 Definition of learning …………………………………………… 2.

  16 Definition of learning strategies ………………………………… C. Vocabulary Learning Strategies 1.

  17 Definition of vocabulary learning strategies …………………….

  2.

  18 Vocabulary learning strategies …………………………………..

  3.

  19 Strategies in learning vocabulary ………………………………...

  D.

  Previous Studies 1.

  22 Previous study in Learning vocabulary …………………………. CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A.

  23 Method of research ………………………………………………….

  B.

  23 Place and time of research …………………………………………..

  C.

  24 Object of the research ……………………………………………….

  1.

  24 The schedule of the research …………………………………… 2.

  24 Population ……………………………………………………… 3.

  24 Sample ………………………………………………………….

  4.

  25 Sampling technique ……………………………………………..

  D.

  26 Method of collecting data …………………………………………… E.

  27 Method of analyzing data …………………………………………….

CHAPTER IV. RESULT AND DISCUSSION A. Result 1.

  31 Classification of learning strategies …………………………… 2.

  34 Learning strategy used by the student ………………………….

  B.

  37 Discussion ………………………………………………………….

  CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A.

  40 Conclusion ………………………………………………………….

  B.

  40 Suggestion ………………………………………………………… REFERENCES

  

LIST OF TABLES

Table 2.1 Schmitt: Five Strategies in Learning Vocabulary ……………………. 20Table 3.1 Time Schedule of the Research ………………………………………

  24 Table 3.2 The Number of Indicators question ………………………………….

  27 Table 3.3 Students’ Learning Strategies ………………………………………..

  29 Table 3.4 Categories of Learning Strategies ……………………………………

  30 Table 4.1 Classification of Learning Strategies …………………………………. 33

Table 4.2 The Number of the Students which used Each Strategy ……………… 36

LIST OF APPENDICES 1.

  Vocabulary learning strategy questionnaire 2. The list name of respondents 3. The result of questionnaire 4. Learning strategies presentation of each student 5. Classification of learning strategy 6. The respondents’ answer

  

ABSTRACT

A Study on Vocabulary Learning Strategies in English Department

(A Descriptive Study on the Fourth Semester Students of Muhammadiyah University of

Purwokerto in Academic Year 2013/2014)

  

By:

ANNISA AMWAR RAKHMAWATI

1001050182

  The aims of this research were: (1) to know the kinds of students’ strategies in learning vocabulary, (2) to know the most dominant strategy used by the students in learning vocabulary.The data was taken on July 2014 at English Education Department. The researcher applied descriptive method in this research to the fourth semester of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokertoin academic year 2013/2014. Random sampling was used to get the sample which consisted of 41 students from five classes. In collecting the data the researcher used questionnaire which consisted of 25 items. The researcher analyzed the data by using percentage to determine the strategies in learning vocabulary most frequently used by the students. The results were: each student employed all of vocabulary learning strategies. There were 20 students who used determination strategy and the percentage which was reached 70.24%, 8 students used metacognitive strategy and the percentage which was reached 61.46%. On the other hand, memory strategy was used by 6 students and the percentage which was reached 61.37%. Cognitive strategy was used by 4 students and the percentage which was reached 57.37%, and social strategy used by 3 students and the percentage which was reached 55.22%. So, the dominant strategy used by the students was determination strategy.

  Keywords: study, vocabulary, learning strategies