Improving Vocabulary Mastery of Seventh Grade Students of MTs NU Mawaqiul Ulum Undaan Kudus in The Academic Year 2012 2013 by Using Puppets (A Classroom Action Research)
Daftar Isi:
- The objective of this research is to improve students’ vocabulary mastery by using puppets at the Seventh Grade Students of MTs Mawaqiul Ulum Undaan Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013 through Classroom Action Research (CAR). The classroom action research is used to design this research which began from reflecting and followed by two cycles. Each cycle is conducted through four steps; they are: planning, acting, observing and reflecting. This research is conducted at the seventh grade students of MTs. Mawaqiul Ulum Undaan Kudus in academic year 2012/2013. The class consists of three classes; they are class A, B and C. In this research, the writer chooses class A that consists of 31 students to conduct the research. In the result, the students’ vocabulary mastery improves from cycle I until cycle II. In pre cycle, the average of the students’ vocabulary mastery score is 52.1, in cycle I the average of the students’ vocabulary mastery score is 64.03 and in cycle II the average of the students’ speaking ability is 75.1 Besides, the students and teacher’s activity are improved and the problem that faced by the teacher are decreased in every cycle. Therefore, writer can conclude that the use of puppets can improve students’ vocabulary mastery at the Seventh Grade Students of MTs NU Mawaqiul Ulum Undaan Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013 Therefore, writer recommends some suggestions. First, teacher could use puppets as media of teaching and learning to teach English especially vocabulary. In application of puppets as media of teaching, teacher should be creative to use puppets as media of teaching to make students don’t feel bored.