IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY BY USING “WORD LINK” ACTIVITY (A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH IN THE FIFTH GRADE OF SDN 4 KANCILAN KEMBANG JEPARA IN ACADEMIC YEAR 20152016) By: Nurul Mas’ula M
IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY
BY USING “WORD LINK” ACTIVITY
(A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH IN THE FIFTH GRADE OF
SDN 4 KANCILAN KEMBANG JEPARA IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016)
By: Nurul Mas’ula M
NIM. 201132093
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
2015
IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY
BY USING “WORD LINK” ACTIVITY
(A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH IN THE FIFTH GRADE OF
SDN 4 KANCILAN KEMBANG JEPARA IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016)
SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing
The Sarjana Program in English Education
By: Nurul Mas’ula M
NIM. 201132093
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
2015
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO: Never Give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday. Make a great job with Bismillahirrohmanirrohim Failure is always the best way to learn – Kings of Conveniece
DEDICATION:
This skripsi is dedicated to: Allah SWT Her beloved mother (Zuriah) and father (Sunarjo) who always pray for her success.
Her beloved sister (Ainun Fajar BN) and little brother (Ahmad Farid) who always support her. All her friends in Muria Kudus University.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
First and foremost, the writer would like to extend gratitude to the Almighty Allah SWT, the Lord of the universe, for blessing every time, so this final project can be finished. Secondly, the writer does not forget to always say Sholawat and Salam to the best human in the world and here after Muhammad SAW who has opened the dark covering this world.
The writer realizes, she cannot complete this skripsi without the help from the others. So in this occation, the writer would also like to convey her sincerest gratitude and appreciation to: 1.
Dr. Drs. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd. as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Facultyof Muria Kudus University and also the writer
’s first advisorwho has already approved this research and given a lot of guidance, suggestion, and motivation in the completion of this research 2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd., M. Pd. as the Head of English Education Department of Muria Kudus University.
3. Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd as the writer’s second advisor who has patiently and kindly given valuable guidance, advice, as well as encouragement in completing this research.
4. Mr. Sumardi, S.Pd. M.Pd. as the Headmaster of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara for the permission and helps.
5. Mrs. Ery Marsetyo, S.Pd as the English teacher of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara for the guidance and the collaboration in the process of collecting data in the class.
6. All of the fifth grade students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in Academic Year 2015/2016 for the great cooperation and participation.
7. Her beloved family, Sunarjo and Zuriah, thanks a lot for all of your love and support in my life. Her lovely sister Ainun Fajar BN and little brother Ahamd Farid, thanks for all of your advice to make everything in my life better.
8. All of her close-friends, Endah, Elin, Retno, Uus, Shofi, Dwifa, Nila, Fitri, Ernia, who always give me support, advice and laugh when i was down.
9. Her special one (Nugroho Dwi Isa) for his care, patience, support, motivation and the best for writer.
10. Anyone that can not be mentioned directly or indirectly who has help the writerin completing this research.
Finally, the great gratitude is also due to those whose name could not be mentioned here one by one, for all of their helps and contributions that enable me completing this skripsi.
Kudus, Agustus 2015 The Writer Nurul Mas’ula M
ABSTRACT
Meilina, Nurul Mas’ula. 2015. Improving Vocabulary Mastery by using “Word
Link” Activity (A Classroom Action Research in the Fifth Grades of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016).Skripsi: English
Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University. Advisor: (1) Dr. Drs. Slamet Utomo, M. Pd., (2) Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd
Key words: Vocabulary Mastery, “Word Link” Activity.
In learning language, vocabulary has an important role. Vocabulary is one of the language components that should be mastered by students in learning new language. It is imposs ible to them to learn new language if they don’t know about the learning vocabulary. If the students are lack of vocabulary they will have difficulties in learning English. In fact shown that the fifth grade students less active in english lesson, the have limited vocabulary, the students have difficulties to memorize the words. During teaching learning process the students get bored and not interested in studying English. Therefore, the writer proposes “Word Link” Activity in teaching English Vocabulary to solve the students’ problem.
The objective of this research are(1) to find outwhether “Word Link” activity can improve the vocabulary mastery of the fifth grade students of SDN 4
Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016, (2) to describe the activities of the students and the teacher of the fifth grade of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016 to “Word Link” activity in teaching vocabulary mastery and (3) to describe the response of the fifth grade students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016 to
“Word Link” activity in teaching vocabulary mastery. This research belongs to classroom action research. This research is conducted in SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara,while the subject is the students of of the fifth grade students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jeparathat consist of 28 students, 13 male and 15 female. This research is done in 2 cycles. There are two meetings in each cycle which consist of four stages, those are: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. In this research, there are three instruments that are used by the writer to collect the data. They are test, observation and questionnaire.
Based on the finding of this research, the students’ average score is improved from 63.03 in cycle 1 then it is changed into percentage to be 63.03 % to 80.35 in cycle 2 that is changed into percentage to be 80.35 %. From the data above, the category of the average score of the students
’ vocabulary mastery in cycle 1 is sufficient , while the category of the average score of the students’ vocabulary masteryin cycle 2 is good. So, there is an increasing of the average score percentage of the students’ vocabulary mastery from the first cycle to the second cycle. Therefore, there is the improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery in teaching English by using “Word Link” Activity. From the facts above, the writer give suggestions to the English teacher to apply “Word Link” Activityin teaching and learning process to solve the students’ problem. So the teacher can apply
“Word Link” Activityin the teaching and learning process as the technique of teaching to impro ve the students’ vocabulary mastery.
ABSTRAK
Meilina, Nurul Mas'ula. 2015. Meningkatkan Penguasaan Kosakata dengan menggunakan Kegiatan "Word Link" (Penelitian Tindakan Kelas di kelas lima SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara pada tahun ajaran 2015/2016). Skripsi: Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruanu dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (1) Dr. Drs. Slamet Utomo, M. Pd., (2) Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd. Kata kunci: Penguasaan Kosakata, Kegiatan "Word Link"
Dalam pembelajaran bahasa, kosakata memiliki peran penting. Kosakata merupakan salah satu komponen bahasa yang harus dikuasai oleh siswa dalam mempelajari bahasa baru. Tidak mungkin bagi mereka untuk belajar bahasa baru jika mereka tidak tahu tentang kosakata. Jika siswa kurang menguasai kosakata mereka akan mengalami kesulitan dalam belajar bahasa Inggris. Fakta menunjukkan bahwa siswa kelas lima kurang aktif dalam pelajaran bahasa Inggris, mempunyai kosakata terbatas, para siswa mengalami kesulitan untuk menghafal kata-kata. Selama proses belajar mengajar siswa bosan dan tidak tertarik dalam mempelajari bahasa Inggris. Oleh karena itu, penulis mengusulkan Kegiatan "Word Link" dalam mengajar Kosakata bahasa Inggris untuk mengatasi masalah para siswa tersebut.
Tujuandaripenelitianiniadalah(1) untuk mengetahui apakah kegiatan "Word Link" dapat meningkatkan penguasaan kosakata siswa kelas V SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara di tahun ajaran 2015/2016, (2) untuk mendeskripsikan kegiatan siswa dan guru kelas V SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara di tahun ajaran 2015/2016 untuk kegiatan "Word Link" dalam pengajaran kosakata penguasaan dan (3) untuk menggambarkan respon dari siswa kelas V SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara di tahun akademik 2015/2016 untuk kegiatan "Word Link" dalam mengajar penguasaan kosakata.
Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas. Penelitian ini dilakukan di SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara, sedangkan subjek penelitian adalah siswa kelas V SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara yang terdiri dari 28 siswa, 13 laki- laki dan 15 perempuan. Penelitian ini dilakukan dalam 2 siklus. Ada dua pertemuan di setiap siklus yang terdiri dari empat tahap, yaitu: perencanaan, tindakan, observasi, dan analisis. Dalam penelitian ini, ada tiga instrumen yang digunakan oleh penulis untuk mengumpulkan data. Mereka adalah tes, observasi dan kuesioner.
Berdasarkan temuan penelitian ini, nilai rata-rata siswa meningkat dari 63,03 pada siklus 1 yang kemudian diubah menjadi persentase menjadi 63,03% sedangkan untuk 80,35 pada siklus 2 yang diubah menjadi persentase menjadi 80,35%. Dari data di atas, kategori skor rata-rata siswa penguasaan kosakata dalam siklus 1 adalah cukup, sedangkan kategori skor rata-rata siswa penguasaan kosakata dalam siklus 2 adalah baik. Jadi, ada peningkatan dari persentase skor rata-rata penguasaan kosakata siswa dari siklus I ke siklus II. Oleh karena itu, ada peningkatan penguasaan kosakata siswa dalam pengajaran bahasa Inggris dengan menggunakan Kegiatan “Word Link”.
Berdasarkan fakta di atas, penulis memberikan saran kepada guru Bahasa Inggris untuk menerapkan Kegiatan “Word Link” dalam proses belajar mengajar untuk memecahkan masalah siswa. Jadi guru dapat menerapkan Kegiatan “Word Link” dalam proses belajar mengajar sebagai teknik pengajaran untuk meningkatkan penguasaan kosakata siswa.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page COVER ............................................................................................................ i LOGO .............................................................................................................. iiTITLE .............................................................................................................. iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ...................................................................... iv
ADVISORS’ APPROVAL ............................................................................. vEXAMINERS’ APPROVAL ......................................................................... vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ................................................................................ vii
ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... ix
ABSTRAK ....................................................................................................... xi
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... xiii
LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................... xvii
LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................... xviii
LIST OF APPENDICES ................................................................................ xix
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 11.1 Background of the Research .................................................................. 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem ...................................................................... 5
1.3 Objective of the Research ...................................................................... 5
1.4 Significance of the Research ................................................................. 6
1.5 Scope of the Research ........................................................................... 6
1.6 Operational Definition ........................................................................... 7
CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE .......................... 8
2.1 Teaching English to Young Learners .................................................... 8
2.1.1 Teaching English at SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara ......................... 9
2.1.2 The Curriculum of Teaching English at SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara ..................................................................................... 10
2.1.3 The Material of Teaching English in SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara .................................................................................... 12
2.1.4 The Method of Teaching English in SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara ..................................................................................... 12
2.2 Vocabulary ............................................................................................ 13
2.2.1 Teaching Vocabulary............................................................................... 14
2.2.2 Teaching Vocabulary to the Fifth Grades of Elementary School ........... 15
2.3 “Word Link” Activity ............................................................................. 17
2.3.1 “Word Link” Activity for Young Learners ........................................... 18
2.4 Review to Previous Research................................................................. 19
2.5 Theoretical Framework .......................................................................... 20
2.6 Action Hypothesis .................................................................................. 21
CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH ...................................... 22
3.1 Setting and Characteristic of Research Subject ..................................... 22
3.2 Variable of the Research ......................................................................... 23
3.3 Design of the Research ........................................................................... 23
3.3.1 Planning ................................................................................................. 25
3.3.2 Action ..................................................................................................... 25
3.3.3 Observation ............................................................................................ 25
3.3.4 Analysis and Reflection ......................................................................... 26
3.4 Data Collection technique ....................................................................... 26
3.5 Instrument of the Research .................................................................... 27
3.6 Data Analysis ......................................................................................... 28
4.3.2 Improving Vocabulary mastery by using “Word Link” Activity in the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016in Cycle 2 .............................................................................. 53
Link” Activity in the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016 ....................................................... 59
5.1.1 The Implementation of Improving Vocabulary mastery by using “Word
5.1 The Use of Word Link” Activity in the Teaching and Learning Process to Improve the Students’ Vocabulary Mastery of the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016 .......... 59
CHAPTER V DISCUSSION ......................................................................... 59
Link” Activity in the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016in cycle 1........................................ 55
4.4 The Students Response of Improving Vocabulary mastery by using “Word
4.3.1 The Implementation of Improving Vocabulary ma stery by using “Word Link” Activity in the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016in cycle2......................................... 46
3.7 Success Indicator ................................................................................... 31
4.3 The Result of Cycle 2 ............................................................................ 45
4.2.2 Improving Vocabulary mastery by using “Word Link” Activity in the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016in cycle 1 ............................................................................... 43
Activity in the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016in cycle 1 ....................................................... 35
4.2.1 The Implementation Improving Vocabulary mastery by using “Word Link”
4.2 The Result of Cycle 1 ............................................................................ 34
4.1 The Result of Pre-Cycle ......................................................................... 32
CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH ....................................... 32
5.1.2 The Improvement of Vocabulary mastery by using “Word Link” Activity in the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016....................................................................................... 61
5.2 The Students Response of Improving Vocabulary mastery by using “Word Link” Activity in the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016 ..................................................... 63
CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ................................ 67
6.1 Conclusion ............................................................................................. 67
6.2 Suggestion .............................................................................................. 68
BIBLIOGRAPHY........................................................................................... 69 APPENDICES................................................................................................. 71
STATEMENT ................................................................................................. 121
CURRICULUM VITAE ................................................................................ 122
LIST OF TABLES
Page3.1 The criterion of interpretation score Test .............................................. 30
3.2 The criterion of interpretation Questionnaire ...................................... 31
4.1 Data of Students’ Score Test in Pre-Cycle ............................................ 33
4.2 The Implementation Improving Vocabulary mastery by using “Word Link”
Activity in the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016in cycle1 (Meeting 1) .................................... 35
4.3 The Implementation Improving Vocabulary mastery by using “Word Link”
Activity in the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016in cycle 1 (Meeting 2) ................................... 39
4.4 Improving Vocabulary mastery by using “Word Link” Activity in the Fifth
Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016in cycle 1 ............................................................................... 43
4.5 The Criteris of Students in Cycle I ....................................................... 44
4.6 The Implementation Improving Vocabulary mastery by using “Word Link”
Activity in the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016in cycle2 (Meeting 1) .................................... 46
4.7 The Implementation Improving Vocabulary mastery by using “Word Link”
Activity in the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016in cycle2 (Meeting 2) .................................... 49
4.8 Improving Vocabulary mastery by using “Word Link” Activity in the Fifth
Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016in cycle2 ................................................................................ 53
4.9 The Criteris of Students in Cycle 2 ........................................................ 55
4.10 The Students Response of Improving Vocabulary mastery by using “Word Link” Activity in the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara in academic year 2015/2016 ....................................................... 57
4.11 of Improving Vocabulary Mastery By The Score of Students’ Questionnaire
Using “Word Link” Activity in the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara In Academic Year 2015/2016 .................................... 58
LIST OF FIGURES
Page3.1 Design of Classroom Action Research .................................................. 24
LIST OF APPENDICES
Page12 The Result of Students’ Questionnaire .................................................. 111 13.
21. Permohonan Ujian Skripsi ..................................................................... 120
20 Keterangan Selesai Bimbingan .............................................................. 119
19 Berita Acara Bimbingan ........................................................................ 118
18 Research Decision Letter from SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara ....... 117
17 Research Permission Letter.................................................................... 116
16 Penetapan Pembimbing Skripsi Letter ................................................... 115
15 The documentation during Classroom Action Research ....................... 114
14 The List of fifth Grades Students ........................................................... 113
11 Questionnaire ......................................................................................... 110
1 Syllabus of SDN 4 Kancilan Kembang Jepara ...................................... 72
10. The result of Test during the Action Research ...................................... 109
9 The Scoring Rubric of the Students’ in Cycle 2 .................................... 108
8 The Scoring Rubric of the Stu dents’ in Cycle 1 .................................... 107
7 The Scoring Rubric of the Students’ in Pre-Cycle ................................ 106
6 Pre Test and Post Test of the Mastery of English Vocabulary .............. 102
5 Observation Sheet Cycle 2 ..................................................................... 94
4 Observation Sheet Cycle 1 ..................................................................... 86
3 Lesson Plan Cycle 2 ............................................................................... 83
2 Lesson Plan Cycle 1 ............................................................................... 80