Using pictorial word puzzles to improve vocabulary mastery of the seventh graders of SMP Laboratorium UM / Mukhamad Aniq Mubarok
| Main Author: | Mubarok, Mukhamad Aniq |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
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, 2012
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/11109/ |
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- KeywordsPictorialwordPuzzlessvocabularymasteryimprovementThisresearchwasintendedtoimprovethevocabularymasteryoftheseventhgradersofLaboratoryJuniorHighSchoolofStateUniversityofMalanginreadingdescriptivetexts.Basedonthepreliminarystudy26(81.25%)outof32studentsofgradeseventhofLaboratoryJuniorHighSchoolofStateUniversityofMalanggotscorebelowtheminimumpassinggradeof75.Moreoveritalsoshowedthatthestudentsdifficultylayupontheproblemofmemorizingnewvocabulary.TosolvetheproblempictorialwordPuzzleswasappliedinvocabularylearning.Thisresearchwasclassroomactionresearch.ThesubjectswereclassVIIBinthefirstsemesterof2011/2012academicyear.ClassVII-Bconsistedof32studentswith20malesand12females.Thisresearchwascompletedinonecycle.Thecycleconsistedoffourstagesplanningtheactionimplementingtheactionobservingtheactionandreflectingtheaction.Intheplanningstagetheresearcherplannedandmadesomepreparationforthisaction.Thenheconductedavocabularytesttomeasurethestudentsvocabularymastery.NexttheresearcherobservedthesituationoftheimplementationofpictorialwordPuzzlesintheclassroom.Ittookonecycletomeetcriteriaofsuccess.Thecriteriaofsuccessforproductwasatleast75%ofthestudentspassedtheMinimumPassingGradeof75invocabularytestandforprocesswas2.Atleast80%ofthestudentsinvolvedintheteachingandlearningprocess.Inthecycletheimplementationoftheactionwassuccessfulitwasprovenbythefactthat26(81.25%)outof32studentsgotscoreaboveminimumpassinggradeof75.Thecriterionofprocesswasalsometbecausemorethan80%studentsinvolvedintheteachingandlearningprocess.Thefollowingarethepercentageofstudentsinvolvementinteachingandlearningprocessforeachmeetinginthecycle86.66%forfirstmeeting93.33%forsecondmeeting98.33%forthirdmeetingand100%forthefourthmeeting.TheprocedureswhichwereusedbytheresearcherinteachingvocabularyusingpictorialwordPuzzlesswere(1)heplayedasongatthebeginningoftheclass(2)hedistributedthehandoutsofthematerials(3)heaskedstudentstoreadthehandoutsandanswerthequestionsbasedonthetextsgiven(4)heaskedstudentstolistverbsornounsinthetextandwritethemonthewhiteboard.(5)heaskedstudentstomakegroupsofsix.Theywerelettochoosewithwhomtheyvwantedtohavegroups(6)heinformedthestudentsthathewouldgiverewardstothewinnerofeachgroupthegroupwhowonandthestudentswhogotthehighestscoreinvocabularytest(7)hegavestudents15minutestoplaythegameintheirgroups(8)hegavedifferentformsofPuzzlestoeachgrouptodeterminewhichgroupwasthewinner(9)theresearcherandthestudentsdiscussedthevocabularyusedinthegametogetherandshowedthemtheanswersofthePuzzles.BasedontheresultoftheresearchEnglishteachersofJuniorHighSchoolaresuggestedtoapplypictorialwordPuzzlesinteachingvocabularytomakethelearningactivityinterestingandfun.TheschoolprincipleissuggestedtofacilitatetheuseofpictorialwordPuzzlestoimprovethestudentsvocabularymastery.Furtherresearchersaresuggestedtoconductasimilarstudyinadifferentlevelofschoolanddifferentgenreoftext.