IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS USING VISUAL AIDS IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS USING VISUAL AIDS (An Action Research to the Fourth Grade Students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri 1 Surakarta in 2010/2011 the Acad
IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY FOR ELEMENTARY
STUDENTS USING VISUAL AIDS
(An Action Research to the Fourth Grade Students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah
Negeri 1 Surakarta in 2010/2011 the Academic Year)
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment as the Requirements
for Getting Bachelor Degree of education
in English Department
by
HENNITA MIFTAKHUL JANNAH
A 320 060 328
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
2011
APPROVAL
IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY FOR ELEMENTARY
STUDENTS USING VISUAL AIDS
(An Action Research to the Fourth Grade Students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah
Negeri 1 Surakarta in 2010/2011 the Academic Year)
RESEARCH PAPER
by
HENNITA MIFTAKHUL JANNAH
A 320 060 328
Approved to be Examined
by Consultant Team
Consultant II
Consultant I
Dr. Phil. Dewi Candraningrum, M.Ed.
NIK. 727
Anam Sutopo, S.Pd, M.Hum.
NIK. 849
ii
ACCEPTANCE
IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY FOR ELEMENTARY
STUDENTS USING VISUAL AIDS
(An Action Research to the Fourth Grade Students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah
Negeri 1 Surakarta in 2010/2011 Academic Year)
RESEARCH PAPER
by
Hennita Miftakhul Jannah
A 320 060 328
Accepted and Approved by the Board of Examiners
Schools of Teacher Training and Education
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
on February 2011
The Board of Examiners:
(………………..………)
1. Anam Sutopo, S.Pd, M.Hum
(Chair person)
(………………….....…)
2. Dr. Phil. Dewi Candraningrum, M.Ed.
(Member I)
(…………….....………)
3. Dra. Dwi Haryanti, M.Hum
(Member II)
Dean,
Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M. Si.
NIK.547
iii
TESTIMONIAL STATEMENT
Herewith, I testify that in this research paper, there is no plagiarism of the previous
literary work which has been raised to obtain bachelor degree of a university, nor there are
opinions or masterpieces which have been written or published by others, except those which
the writing are in the manuscript and mentioned in literature review and bibliography.
Hence, later, if it is proven that there are some untrue statements in this testimony,
hence, I will, hold fully responsible.
Surakarta, February 2011
The Researcer
Hennita Miftakhul Jannah
iv
MOTTO
Actually, Allah will never change men’s destiny, unless they make an effort to change it
themselves.
(Ar Ro’du: 11)
A kind person is a man who is honest in doing everything.
Struggling to get something rather than wait to get it
(The Researcher)
v
DEDICATION
This research paper is wholly dedicated to:
My beloved parents,
My beloved big family, and
All my best friends.
vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Assalamu’alaikum wr. Wb
Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin, praised to be Allah SWT, the owner of this universe, the
most merciful who gives a million, miracles and uncountable gifts to the researcher, so she can
accomplish until her research paper entitled “ IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY
FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS USING VISUAL AIDS (An Action Research to the
Fourth Grade Students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri 1 Surakarta in 2010/2011 the
Academic Year)” as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for getting bachelor of education in
English department, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
Peace be upon Muhammad, the last massager of Allah, who will be hero for all his
followers in the life after. The researcher realizes that this research paper would never been
possible without other people’s help, so that the researcher would like to thanks to the people
who have supported her personally over the years and during writing of this research paper, they
are:
1. Drs. Sofyan anif, M.Si, as the Dean of the School of teacher Training and Education of
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta,
2. Titis Setyabudi, S.S, as the chief of English Department who has permitted her to conduct
this research paper,
3. Anam Sutopo, S. Pd., M. Hum., as the first consultant who has given a valuable guidance
and suggestion during the completion of this research paper,
4. Dr. Phil. Dewi Candraningrum, M. Ed., as the second consultant for being best consultant
and giving the researcher suggestion, precious time in correcting this research paper,
5. All of the lecturers of English Department, thank for precious knowledge given to her,
vii
6. Istikomah, S.Ag., as the headmaster of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri Surakarta who has
permitted her to conduct this research paper,
7. Dian Ratih Hanafi, S.Pd., as the English teacher of the fourth grade students of MIN
Surakarta who has helped her in collecting the data,
8. All of the students at the fourth grade in MIN Surakarta, thank for helping her.
9. Her dearest father and mother, Bapak Suradi and Ibu Siti Rohmah “ I learn to be taught
and more patients from you”. Thank for every single thing you did. Absolutely, I cannot do
anything without love and pray,
10. Her special relationship, thank for your support and love to her to finish her paper and
accompany her wherever she goes,
11. Her best friend especially Evi Endrawati and Ratih, thank for anything. She will never
forget when the course end,
12. Her friends in her environment, Budi, Nova, Andi, Joko, Kristanto, thank for your
support. Keep fight and spirit to our friendship, and
13. All of the people, who cannot be mentioned one by one, thank for everything.
Deep down on the researcher’s heart, she realizes that this research paper is so far from
being perfect. The researcher invites positive comments and suggestions from the readers for the
betterment of this research paper. Hopefully, this research paper will be useful for those who are
interested in investigating the materials.
Wassalamu’alaikum wr. Wb
Surakarta, February 2011
Hennita Miftakhul Jannah
viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE .............................................................................................................
i
APPROVAL ................................................................................................... ii
ACCEPTANCE .............................................................................................. iii
MOTTO .......................................................................................................... iv
DEDICATION ................................................................................................ v
TESTIMONY.... .............................................................................................. vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.................................................................................. vii
SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... x
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................. xi
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background or the Study ................................................. 1
B. Problem Statement .......................................................... 3
C. Objectives of the Study ................................................... 3
D. Limitation of the Study .................................................... 4
E. Benefits of the Study ....................................................... 4
F. Research Paper Organization .......................................... 5
CHAPTER II UNDERLYING THEORY
A. Previous Study ................................................................. 6
B. Notion of Vocabulary ...................................................... 7
C. Technique of Teaching Vocabulary ................................ 7
D. Teaching Learning Cycle Method .................................... 8
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E. Notion of Visual Aids ..................................................... 10
1. Pictures as Visual Aids .............................................. 11
2. Source of Pictures ...................................................... 12
F. The Notion of Young Learners ...................................... 14
1. The Characteristics of Young Learners …………….. 14
2. The Nature of Teaching Young Learners …………... 16
G. Hypothesis of Action ……………………………………18
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
A. Type of Research ............................................................ 19
B. Subject of the Study ........................................................ 21
C. Object of the Study ......................................................... 21
D. Data and Data Source...................................................... 21
E. Method of Collecting Data.............................................. 21
F. Technique for Analyzing Data ....................................... 22
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION
A. Description of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri Surakarta ... 24
B. The Pictures is Able to Improve Vocabulary Mastery… 26
C. The Implementation of Teaching Vocabulary
Mastery by Using Picture ............................................... 29
1. Cycle 1 ……………………………………………. 30
a. Identifying the problem ..................................... 30
b. Planning the action ............................................ 30
c. Implementing the Action ................................... 31
d. Observing the Action ......................................... 39
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e. Reflecting the Observation Result ……………. 40
f. Revising the Plan ……………………………... 41
2. Cycle 2 …………………………………………… 41
a) Identifying the problem ..................................... 41
b) Planning the action ............................................ 42
c) Implementing the Action ................................... 42
d) Observing the Action ......................................... 49
e) Reflecting the Observation Result ……………. 50
D. Discussion ………………………………………….. 50
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion ...................................................................... 53
B.Suggestion ......................................................................... 54
BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................... 56
APPENDICES ................................................................................................ 58
xi
SUMMARY
Hennita Miftakhul Jannah. A. 320 060 328. IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY FOR
ELEMENTARY STUDENTS USING VISUAL AIDS. (An Action Research in the Fourth Grade
Students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri 1 Surakarta in 2010/2011 Academic Year).
This study aims at describing whether the technique of visual aids of pictures can able
to improve the students vocabulary and how the implementation of appropriate technique in the
teaching vocabulary at the fourth grade of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri 1 Surakarta. So, the
problem of the research are the technique of using visual aids of pictures able to improve the
students’ vocabulary mastery and how is the implementation of appropriate technique in the
teaching vocabulary.
This research belongs to classroom action research. The action research was
conducted in two cycles and carried out in four steps, namely planning, action, observation, and
reflection. The data were taken from the result of observation done by teacher while the actions
were being carried out, and from the result of the tests after the cycles had been implemented.
The tests were in the form of pre test and post test. This research is conducted in the fourth grade
of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri 1 Surakarta.
The result of the research shows that the use of visual aids through pictures could
improve the quality of the English teaching and learning process. Being taught with pictures the
students become more active, more enthusiastic, more interested and more motivated in learning
new words so the teaching and learning process became alive. The student’s vocabulary
improvement is reflected in the test scores. The result of tests indicated that the mean score of the
pretest is 38.5, while the mean score of the post test is 86.5. So, there is a significant
improvement of the students vocabulary mastery before and after the research done. It is 46, 0.
Therefore it can be concluded that teaching vocabulary by using visual aids through pictures
could improve the students’ vocabulary mastery.
Consultant II
Consultant I
Anam Sutopo, S.Pd, M.Hum.
NIK. 849
Dr. Phil. Dewi Candraningrum, M.Ed.
NIK. 727
Dean,
Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M. Si.
NIK.547
xii
STUDENTS USING VISUAL AIDS
(An Action Research to the Fourth Grade Students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah
Negeri 1 Surakarta in 2010/2011 the Academic Year)
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment as the Requirements
for Getting Bachelor Degree of education
in English Department
by
HENNITA MIFTAKHUL JANNAH
A 320 060 328
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
2011
APPROVAL
IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY FOR ELEMENTARY
STUDENTS USING VISUAL AIDS
(An Action Research to the Fourth Grade Students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah
Negeri 1 Surakarta in 2010/2011 the Academic Year)
RESEARCH PAPER
by
HENNITA MIFTAKHUL JANNAH
A 320 060 328
Approved to be Examined
by Consultant Team
Consultant II
Consultant I
Dr. Phil. Dewi Candraningrum, M.Ed.
NIK. 727
Anam Sutopo, S.Pd, M.Hum.
NIK. 849
ii
ACCEPTANCE
IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY FOR ELEMENTARY
STUDENTS USING VISUAL AIDS
(An Action Research to the Fourth Grade Students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah
Negeri 1 Surakarta in 2010/2011 Academic Year)
RESEARCH PAPER
by
Hennita Miftakhul Jannah
A 320 060 328
Accepted and Approved by the Board of Examiners
Schools of Teacher Training and Education
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
on February 2011
The Board of Examiners:
(………………..………)
1. Anam Sutopo, S.Pd, M.Hum
(Chair person)
(………………….....…)
2. Dr. Phil. Dewi Candraningrum, M.Ed.
(Member I)
(…………….....………)
3. Dra. Dwi Haryanti, M.Hum
(Member II)
Dean,
Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M. Si.
NIK.547
iii
TESTIMONIAL STATEMENT
Herewith, I testify that in this research paper, there is no plagiarism of the previous
literary work which has been raised to obtain bachelor degree of a university, nor there are
opinions or masterpieces which have been written or published by others, except those which
the writing are in the manuscript and mentioned in literature review and bibliography.
Hence, later, if it is proven that there are some untrue statements in this testimony,
hence, I will, hold fully responsible.
Surakarta, February 2011
The Researcer
Hennita Miftakhul Jannah
iv
MOTTO
Actually, Allah will never change men’s destiny, unless they make an effort to change it
themselves.
(Ar Ro’du: 11)
A kind person is a man who is honest in doing everything.
Struggling to get something rather than wait to get it
(The Researcher)
v
DEDICATION
This research paper is wholly dedicated to:
My beloved parents,
My beloved big family, and
All my best friends.
vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Assalamu’alaikum wr. Wb
Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin, praised to be Allah SWT, the owner of this universe, the
most merciful who gives a million, miracles and uncountable gifts to the researcher, so she can
accomplish until her research paper entitled “ IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY
FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS USING VISUAL AIDS (An Action Research to the
Fourth Grade Students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri 1 Surakarta in 2010/2011 the
Academic Year)” as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for getting bachelor of education in
English department, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
Peace be upon Muhammad, the last massager of Allah, who will be hero for all his
followers in the life after. The researcher realizes that this research paper would never been
possible without other people’s help, so that the researcher would like to thanks to the people
who have supported her personally over the years and during writing of this research paper, they
are:
1. Drs. Sofyan anif, M.Si, as the Dean of the School of teacher Training and Education of
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta,
2. Titis Setyabudi, S.S, as the chief of English Department who has permitted her to conduct
this research paper,
3. Anam Sutopo, S. Pd., M. Hum., as the first consultant who has given a valuable guidance
and suggestion during the completion of this research paper,
4. Dr. Phil. Dewi Candraningrum, M. Ed., as the second consultant for being best consultant
and giving the researcher suggestion, precious time in correcting this research paper,
5. All of the lecturers of English Department, thank for precious knowledge given to her,
vii
6. Istikomah, S.Ag., as the headmaster of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri Surakarta who has
permitted her to conduct this research paper,
7. Dian Ratih Hanafi, S.Pd., as the English teacher of the fourth grade students of MIN
Surakarta who has helped her in collecting the data,
8. All of the students at the fourth grade in MIN Surakarta, thank for helping her.
9. Her dearest father and mother, Bapak Suradi and Ibu Siti Rohmah “ I learn to be taught
and more patients from you”. Thank for every single thing you did. Absolutely, I cannot do
anything without love and pray,
10. Her special relationship, thank for your support and love to her to finish her paper and
accompany her wherever she goes,
11. Her best friend especially Evi Endrawati and Ratih, thank for anything. She will never
forget when the course end,
12. Her friends in her environment, Budi, Nova, Andi, Joko, Kristanto, thank for your
support. Keep fight and spirit to our friendship, and
13. All of the people, who cannot be mentioned one by one, thank for everything.
Deep down on the researcher’s heart, she realizes that this research paper is so far from
being perfect. The researcher invites positive comments and suggestions from the readers for the
betterment of this research paper. Hopefully, this research paper will be useful for those who are
interested in investigating the materials.
Wassalamu’alaikum wr. Wb
Surakarta, February 2011
Hennita Miftakhul Jannah
viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE .............................................................................................................
i
APPROVAL ................................................................................................... ii
ACCEPTANCE .............................................................................................. iii
MOTTO .......................................................................................................... iv
DEDICATION ................................................................................................ v
TESTIMONY.... .............................................................................................. vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.................................................................................. vii
SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... x
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................. xi
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background or the Study ................................................. 1
B. Problem Statement .......................................................... 3
C. Objectives of the Study ................................................... 3
D. Limitation of the Study .................................................... 4
E. Benefits of the Study ....................................................... 4
F. Research Paper Organization .......................................... 5
CHAPTER II UNDERLYING THEORY
A. Previous Study ................................................................. 6
B. Notion of Vocabulary ...................................................... 7
C. Technique of Teaching Vocabulary ................................ 7
D. Teaching Learning Cycle Method .................................... 8
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E. Notion of Visual Aids ..................................................... 10
1. Pictures as Visual Aids .............................................. 11
2. Source of Pictures ...................................................... 12
F. The Notion of Young Learners ...................................... 14
1. The Characteristics of Young Learners …………….. 14
2. The Nature of Teaching Young Learners …………... 16
G. Hypothesis of Action ……………………………………18
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
A. Type of Research ............................................................ 19
B. Subject of the Study ........................................................ 21
C. Object of the Study ......................................................... 21
D. Data and Data Source...................................................... 21
E. Method of Collecting Data.............................................. 21
F. Technique for Analyzing Data ....................................... 22
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION
A. Description of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri Surakarta ... 24
B. The Pictures is Able to Improve Vocabulary Mastery… 26
C. The Implementation of Teaching Vocabulary
Mastery by Using Picture ............................................... 29
1. Cycle 1 ……………………………………………. 30
a. Identifying the problem ..................................... 30
b. Planning the action ............................................ 30
c. Implementing the Action ................................... 31
d. Observing the Action ......................................... 39
x
e. Reflecting the Observation Result ……………. 40
f. Revising the Plan ……………………………... 41
2. Cycle 2 …………………………………………… 41
a) Identifying the problem ..................................... 41
b) Planning the action ............................................ 42
c) Implementing the Action ................................... 42
d) Observing the Action ......................................... 49
e) Reflecting the Observation Result ……………. 50
D. Discussion ………………………………………….. 50
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion ...................................................................... 53
B.Suggestion ......................................................................... 54
BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................... 56
APPENDICES ................................................................................................ 58
xi
SUMMARY
Hennita Miftakhul Jannah. A. 320 060 328. IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY FOR
ELEMENTARY STUDENTS USING VISUAL AIDS. (An Action Research in the Fourth Grade
Students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri 1 Surakarta in 2010/2011 Academic Year).
This study aims at describing whether the technique of visual aids of pictures can able
to improve the students vocabulary and how the implementation of appropriate technique in the
teaching vocabulary at the fourth grade of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri 1 Surakarta. So, the
problem of the research are the technique of using visual aids of pictures able to improve the
students’ vocabulary mastery and how is the implementation of appropriate technique in the
teaching vocabulary.
This research belongs to classroom action research. The action research was
conducted in two cycles and carried out in four steps, namely planning, action, observation, and
reflection. The data were taken from the result of observation done by teacher while the actions
were being carried out, and from the result of the tests after the cycles had been implemented.
The tests were in the form of pre test and post test. This research is conducted in the fourth grade
of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri 1 Surakarta.
The result of the research shows that the use of visual aids through pictures could
improve the quality of the English teaching and learning process. Being taught with pictures the
students become more active, more enthusiastic, more interested and more motivated in learning
new words so the teaching and learning process became alive. The student’s vocabulary
improvement is reflected in the test scores. The result of tests indicated that the mean score of the
pretest is 38.5, while the mean score of the post test is 86.5. So, there is a significant
improvement of the students vocabulary mastery before and after the research done. It is 46, 0.
Therefore it can be concluded that teaching vocabulary by using visual aids through pictures
could improve the students’ vocabulary mastery.
Consultant II
Consultant I
Anam Sutopo, S.Pd, M.Hum.
NIK. 849
Dr. Phil. Dewi Candraningrum, M.Ed.
NIK. 727
Dean,
Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M. Si.
NIK.547
xii