Using pictorial word puzzles to improve the vocabulary mastery of the eighth graders of MTs Surya Buana Malang / Nurul Aulia
| Main Author: | Aulia, Nurul |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
| Terbitan: |
, 2010
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/11003/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Keywordsvocabularymasteryandpictorialwordpuzzles.ThisresearchwasintendedtoimprovethevocabularymasteryoftheeighthgradersofMTsSuryaBuanaMalanginreadingrecounttexts.Basedonthepreliminarystudy19(65.52%)outof29studentsofgradeeighthofMTsSuryaBuanaMalanggotscorebelowtheSKBMsetupbytheschoolforEnglishvocabulary.Furthermoreitalsoshowedthatthestudentsdifficultieslayupontheproblemofmemorizingnewvocabulary.Toovercometheproblempictorialwordpuzzleswereappliedinvocabularylearning.Thisresearchwasclassroomactionresearch.ThesubjectswereclassVIIIAinthefirstsemesterof2009/2010academicyear.ClassVIIIAconsistedof29studentswith13femalesand16males.Thisresearchwasconductedintwocycles.Everycycleconsistedoffourstagesplanningtheactionimplementingtheactionobservingtheactionandreflectingtheaction.Intheplanningsteptheresearcherplannedandmadesomepreparationforthisaction.Thensheconductedavocabularypre-testtomeasurethestudentsvocabularymastery.Nextsteptheresearcherobservedthesituationoftheimplementationofpictorialwordpuzzlesintheclassroom.BasedontheobservationtheresearchermadeareflectionaboutwhathappenedintheclassroomincycleI.Afterthatshere-plannedtheactivitiesthatweregoingtodoincycleII.Thecriterionofsuccesswas75%ofthestudentsgettheminimumpassinggradeof75.Theinstrumentsusedtocollectthedatawereobservationsheetsquestionnaireandvocabularyquizzes.Thedatagainedfromtheobservationsheetswereteachinglearningprocessandstudentsattitudetowardstheimplementationofpictorialwordpuzzles.Studentsresponsesontheuseofpictorialwordpuzzlesweregainedfromquestionnaire.Ittooktwocyclestomeetcriteriaofsuccess.IncycleItheimplementationoftheactionwasnotfullysuccessfulitwasprovenby19(65.52%)outof29studentsgotscoreaboveminimumpassinggradeof75.Sincethecriteriaofsuccesstoldthat75%ofstudentshadtoreachtheminimumpassinggradeof75CycleIIwasconducted.TheimplementationoftheactionwasfullysuccessfulincycleII.Thestudentsscorewasbetterandhadmetthecriteriaofsuccess.IncycleIIafterthestudentsplaypictorialwordpuzzles25(86.21%)outof29studentsgotscoreaboveminimumpassinggradeof75.Tosumupthestudentsscoreshadsuppressedthecriteriaofsuccessdeterminedbytheschool.TheincreasingnumberofstudentsgotscoreaboveminimumpassinggradeshowedthatpictorialwordpuzzleswasveryhelpfulforimprovingstudentsvocabularymasteryattheeighthgradersofMTsSuryaBuanaMalang.Theresearchfindingsshowedthattheimplementationofpictorialwordpuzzlesmakestheclassmoreactiveandalive.TheuseofpictorialwordpuzzlesduringvocabularylearningimprovesthevocabularymasteryoftheeightgradesofMTsSuryaBuanaMalang.Thepictorialwordpuzzlesmakethevocabularyiilearningmoreenjoyableandinterestingbecausestudentscanmemoriesthemeaningofthedifficultwordswithoutaskingtheirteacherorlookingthemupinthedictionaryallthetime.Theresultofobservationsheetsandquestionnaireshowedthatstudentswereinterestedinthismediabecauseitwasenjoyabletheclassatmospherebecamerelaxedandcreatedcooperationbetweenpartnerswithchallengingtask.TheresearchfindingsshowthattheusingofpictorialwordpuzzlesduringvocabularylearningcouldbeimplementedtoimprovethevocabularymasteryoftheeighthgradesofMTsSuryaBuanaMalang.ItissuggestedtotheEnglishteacherstoapplypictorialwordpuzzlestoimprovetheirstudentsvocabularymastery.Forotherresearchersitissuggestedthatthesimilarresearchcanbeconductedusingdifferentmethodologyinotherschoolsorvocationalschoolswithdifferentgenreoftext.