INTRODUCTION Teaching Vocabulary Using Food Package To The Fourth Year Student At SD Negeri Cemani 3 Sukoharjo In 2012/2013 Academic Year.

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study
Language is an important tool for the people to communicate
each other. According to Brown (2000:5), language is a system of
arbitrary

conventionalized

vocal,

written,

or

gestural

symbols

that


enable members of a given community to communicate intelligibly
with one another. The function of language is very crucial to the
continued life of the people. Without language, the people can’t
recognize each other. Languge can’t be separated with vocabulary
because these two elements are related each other.
Vocabulary items is essential to improve the four language
skills,

they

are

listening,

speaking,

reading,

and


writing.

Wikins

(1989:45) in Thornbury (2002:13) said that “without grammar very
little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed”.
It means that the vocabulary is basic to increase four skills, in other
words person who knows more vocabulary can speak and even think,
because the more words we have refers to the more varieties we can
think about the world.
Vocabulary is also an important thing in learning English, it is
central

to

the

language.


Learning

vocabulary

helps

the

students

understand English that is as a new language for them. For elementary
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2

students,

learning

vocabulary


means

they have

to

understand

the

meaning of words. Decarrico (2002) in Fauziati (2010:61) states that
vocabulary learning is central to language acquisition, whether the
language is first, second, or foreign. Teaching vocabulary to the
elementary students is very important, especially for the students of SD
Negeri Cemani 3 Sukoharjo, because it can enrich their vocabulary
item. Understanding vocabulary is the key to able to communicate each
other. The use of vocabulary is the most fundamental thing that must
be mastered by all students who want to be able to speak English.
Without sufficient vocabulary, people can’t


communicate effectively,

people can’t express their ideas both orally or in written form.
Allen (1983:33) says that teaching English to the beginners
needs techniques. To make the process of teaching vocabulary easier to
be understood, the writer uses interesting method in teaching English
vocabulary, such as use some different products of food packages.
These media are helpful for teacher to deliver their material in teaching
English vocabulary. For the students, media help them accept the
material being explained by the teacher. The students will be interested
and attractive if the teacher can teach the students in many ways,
because it can avoid their boredom. During this time, the students of
SD Negeri Cemani 3 Sukoharjo have limited vocabulary, they can’t
understand

and

memorize


new

vocabulary

well.

Based

on

the

background above, the researcher presents a research entitled Teaching

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Vocabulary Using Food Package to the Fourth Year Student at SD
Negeri Cemani 3 Sukoharjo in 2012/2013 Academic Year.
B. Limitation of the Study
In this research paper, the researcher only focuses on teaching

vocabulary by using Food Packages to the fourth year student at SD
Negeri Cemani 3 Sukoharjo in 2012/2013 Academic Year.
C. Problem Statement
Based on the phenomena above, the researcher formulates the
following problems:
1.

How is the implementation of teaching using Food Packages in
teaching vocabulary to the fourth year students of SD Negeri
Cemani 3 Sukoharjo in 2012/2013 academic year?

2.

How are the students’ abilities in mastering vocabulary by using
Food Packages to the fourth year students of SD Negeri Cemani 3
Sukoharjo in 2012/2013 academic year?

3.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of teaching vocabulary

by using Food Packages?

D. Objective of the Study
Based on the problem above, the researcher formulates the
objectives of this study as follows:
1.

To describe the implementation of teaching using Food Packages
in teaching vocabulary to the fourth year students of SD Negeri
Cemani 3 in 2012/2013 academic year.

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2.

To describe the students’ ability in mastering vocabulary by using
Food Packages to the fourth year students of SD Negeri Cemani 3
in 2012/2013 academic year.

3.


To describe the advantages and the disadvantages of teaching
vocabulary

using

Food

Packages

at

SD

Negeri

Cemani

3


Sukoharjo.
E. Benefit of the Study
From this research, the researcher hopes that this study has the
benefits that are divided into theoretical and practical benefits, they are
as follows:
1.

Theoretical Benefit
a. For the English teacher, the result of this research will help the
teacher in teaching English by using Food Packages efficiently
in order to improve the students’ ability in mastering English
vocabulary.
b. For the students, this research is hoped that by using Food
Packages can help students to master English vocabulary.
c. For The school, this research is hoped that it can improve the
ability of fourth grade students of SD Negeri Cemani 3 in
2012/2013

academic


year

students

in

mastering

English

vocabulary.
d. For the writer, the result of this research can give many
advantages to other writer in analyzing teaching vocabulary.

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2.

Practical Benefit
The result of this research can be used as reference for everyone
who wants to conduct a research in relation with the effectiveness
of teaching vocabulary by using Food Packages.

F. Research Paper Organization
This research paper is divided into five chapters, they are as
follows:
.

Chapter I is introduction which consists of background of the

study, limitation of the study, problem statement, objective of the
study, benefit of the study, and research paper organization.
Chapter II is underlying theory which presents the previous
study, general concepts of vocabulary, general concepts of visual
aids, general concepts of food packages, and the characteristics of
young learners.
Chapter III is research method which consists of type of the
research, subject of the research, object of the research, data and
data

sorce,

methods

of

collecting

data,

and

techniques

for

analyzing data.
Chapter IV is research finding and discussion. The research
finding will be elaborated into teaching implementation, the result
of teaching vocabulary using food package and the advantages and
the disadvantages of teaching vocabulary using food package.

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Chapter V is the last chapter. It consists of conclusion and
suggestion.

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