Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: Using Vocabulary Notebook to Develop Students’ Vocabulary in SMP Kanisius Girisonta

USING VOCABULARY NOTEBOOK TO DEVELOP STUDENTS
VOCABULARY IN SMP KANISIUS GIRISONTA

Abstract
This study attempted to answer the research question “What are the students’ responses
towards using vocabulary as a teaching technique to develop vocabulary? ” Prior the data

collection, five students from SMP Kanisius Girisonta Ungaran were taught and asked to make
and learn new words/difficult words by means of vocabulary notebook strategy for
approximately 3 months. The analysis showed that the students had positive responses about
learning vocabulary using notebook. The students reported that they liked the vocabulary
strategy by using vocabulary notebook since it helped them to learn new words easily and
quickly. Moreover, the students view that the strategy made them to become autonomous
learners than before (without using vocabulary notebook).
Keywords

: learning strategies, teaching technique, vocabulary, vocabulary notebook