Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: Using Action Research to Improve Vocabulary Teaching in A Private Kindergarten in Salatiga

USING ACTION RESEARCH TO IMPROVE VOCABULARY
TEACHING IN A PRIVATE KINDERGARTEN IN SALATIGA

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Benediktin Yuniar Anindita Putri
112007067

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012

Using Action Research to Improve Vocabulary Teaching
in a Private Kindergarten in Salatiga

THESIS

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Benediktin Yuniar Anindita Putri
112007067

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012

ii

Using Action Research to Improve Vocabulary Teaching
in a Private Kindergarten in Salatiga

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Benediktin Yuniar Anindita Putri
112007067

Approved by:

C.M.T. Fanny Novita A., MA-ELT

Nugrahenny T. Zacharias, PH.D

Supervisor

Examiner

iii

COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any

course or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To
the best of my knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously
published or written by any other person except where due reference is made in the
text.
Copyright@ 2012. Benediktin Yuniar Anindita Putri and C.M.T. Fanny Novita A.,
MA-ELT
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without
the permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department,
Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University, Salatiga.
Benediktin Yuniar Anindita Putri:

iv

PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION

As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic
community, I verify that:
Name
Student ID Number
Study Program

Faculty
Kind of Work

:
:
:
:
:

Benediktin Yuniar Anindita Putri
112007067
English
Language and literature
Undergraduate Thesis

In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty
free right for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
Using Action Research to Improve Vocabulary Teaching
in a Private Kindergarten in Salatiga
along with any pertinent equipment.

With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy,
reproduce, print, publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval
system or database, transmit, broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in
whole or in part without my express written permission, as long as my name is still
included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
: Salatiga
Date
: April 16, 2012
Verified by signee,

Benediktin Yuniar Anindita Putri
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor

Thesis Examiner

Nugrahenny T. Zacharias, Ph.D

C.M.T. Fanny Novita A., M.A-ELT

v

USING ACTION RESEARCH TO IMPROVE VOCABULARY TEACHING….

USING ACTION RESEARCH TO IMPROVE VOCABULARY
TEACHING IN A PRIVATE KINDERGARTEN IN SALATIGA
Benediktin Yuniar Anindita Putri

Satya Wacana Christian University, Indonesia

Abstract

This is an action research aiming to improve the English vocabulary teaching in
the EFL classroom of the second year kindergarten. The participants of this study
were 33 kindergarten students (16 boys and 17 girls) of a private kindergarten in
Salatiga, Central Java. The data of this study were collected through teaching
journals and vocabulary test results. The results of this study are summarized in
three findings. First, songs can be used as media to help teachers teach

vocabulary. Through singing, students frequently repeat the words that make them
memorize the words longer. Second, through singing activities, teachers can
easily grab and draw the students’ attention to the lessons. Teachers do not need
to spend a lot of effort to make the students stay focused on the topic. Third,
action research makes a teacher more reflective. By constantly reflecting on my
own teaching, I became a better teacher. However, as this action research project
is limited only to my teaching situation, the result cannot be applicable to other

1

1

USING ACTION RESEARCH TO IMPROVE VOCABULARY TEACHING….

contexts. Teachers with a similar problem can use my research as an example of
conducting action research to improve teaching strategies.

Key words: action research, vocabulary teaching, improvement, repetition,
songs, teaching journals

2

2