A STUDY ON THE TECHNIQUE USED BY THE TEACHER IN
TEACHING VOCABULARY TO THE SEVENTH GRADE
STUDENTS AT SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 8 BATU
THESIS
by:
RATIH YUNIARNI 201010100311175
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
A STUDY ON THE TECHNIQUE USED BY THE TEACHER IN
TEACHING VOCABULARY TO THE SEVENTH GRADE
STUDENTS AT SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 8 BATU
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve
Sarjana Degree in English Education
by:
RATIH YUNIARNI 201010100311175
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
This thesis was written by Ratih Yuniarni was approved on November 13, 2014
Advisor II, Advisor I,
This thesis was defended in front of the examiner of the Faculty of Teacher
Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang
and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve
Sarjana Degree in English Education
on December 27, 2014
Approved by:
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
University of Muhammadiyah Malang
Dean,
Dr. Poncojari Wahyono, M.Kes
Examiners: Signatures:
1. Bayu H. Wicaksono, S.Pd, M.Ed, Ph.D 1. ……….
2. Drs. Jarum. M.Ed 2. ……….
3. Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum, M.Ed 3. ……….
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
Ada hari dimana tak semua harapanmu terpenuhi. Ada hari-hari dimana keburukan seperti mengumpul menjadi palu godam
yang menhantam nasibmu. Tapi jika engkau memilih menerima dan bersyukur atas semua “keburukan” yang terjadi maka akan
kau temukan bahwa sebenarnya Tuhan hanya menggoda.
(M. Arief Budiman)
Selama kita memiliki kemauan, keuletan, dan keteguhan hati, besi batangan pun bila digosok terus menerus pasti akan menjadi
sebatang jarum.
(Andrie Wongso)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alamin, all praise be to Allah S.W.T, who has given time and opportunity to the writer to finish this thesis entitled “A Study on the Technique used by the Teacher in Teaching Vocabulary to the Seventh Grade Students at SMP Muhammadiyah 8 Batu”
In finishing this thesis, the writer says her greatest gratitude to both of my advisors, Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum, M.Ed as my first advisor and Dr. Sudiran, M.Hum as my second advisor, for their great contribution, meaningful guidance, correction, suggestions, encouragement, and criticisms during the writing process of this thesis. Furthermore, my enormous gratitude is extended to English teacher and the headmaster of SMP Muhammadiyah 8 Batu, who had given the opportunity and permission to conduct the research.
My greatest appreciation, moreover, also goes to my beloved parents (Suriyanto and Sukarni) and my beloved person (Budi Santoso), my lovely brother (Firman) and sister (Reny) for their endless prayer, care financial, and support to me every time from the first time I study at this university up to the completing of this thesis. I am also thankful for all my friends: Dwi, Defi, Ida, Faisal, Dadang, Fendy, Nita, and Ega, who also give me support and motivation. Finally, I hope that this thesis research very useful other researchers for doing others research related to the technique of teaching vocabulary. Thank you very much.
Malang, 18 October 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL ... i
LEGALIZATION ... ii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ... iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... iv
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Language Teaching ... 6
2.2 Vocabulary ... 7
2.3 Teaching Vocabulary ... 10
2.4 Techniques in Teaching Vocabulary ... 12
2.4.1 Techniques of Teacher-centered Activity ... 13
2.4.1.1 Visual Technique ... 13
2.4.1.1.1 Visual ... 13
2.4.1.1.2 Mime and Gestures ... 13
2.4.1.2 Verbal Technique ... 13
2.4.1.2.1 Illustrative Situation ... 14
2.4.1.2.2 Synonymy and Definition ... 14
2.4.1.2.4Scale ... 14
2.4.1.2.5 Example of Type ... 15
2.4.1.3 Translation ... 15
2.4.2 Techniques of Student-centered Activity ... 16
2.4.2.1 Asking Others ... 16
2.4.2.2 Using a Dictionary ... 16
2.4.2.3 Contextual Guesswork ... 16
2.5 The Procedure of Presenting Vocabulary ... 17
2.6 The Advantages of Techniques in Teaching Vocabulary ... 18
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research Design ... 23
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS 4.1 Research Findings ... 27
4.1.1 The Teacher’s Technique in Teaching Vocabulary ... 27
4.1.1.1 Visual ... 27
4.1.1.2 Translation ... 28
4.1.1.3 Dialogue ... 29
4.1.1.4 Games ... 30
4.1.2 The Way the Teacher Implemented the Techniques ... 31
4.1.2.1 Visual ... 31
4.1.2.2 Translation ... 33
4.1.2.4 Games ... 34
4.5 The Advantages of Those Techniques ... 36
4.2 Discussion ... 37
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1 Conclusion ... 41
5.2 Suggestions ... 42
REFERENCES ... 44
APPENDIX I ... 46
APPENDIX II ... 50
APPENDIX III ... 53
APPENDIX IV ... 59
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
English as international language is widely used all over the world. Therefore, learning English is very important because it is easier to have international relation with all nations in the world. Learning and understanding English are not easy because English as a foreign language in Indonesia. According to Brown (2001:232), there are four skills in English, namely: listening, speaking, reading and writing as the paramount important in English teaching. Those four skills need to be mastered by learners in order to be able to communicate in English well.
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As the part of language, vocabulary is not easy to be learned. Richard (2001:19) states that, technique is a particular trick, strategy, or contrivance used to accomplish and immediate objective. There are many techniques used by the teacher in teaching English vocabulary. So, the teacher should be able to choose an appropriate technique in teaching learning process especially for junior high school.
Students of junior high school level have to memorize about 1000 vocabularies to balance their theory and practice. Absolutely both of teacher and students need hard work to reach this target and the students need effort from their teacher by giving the appropriate technique, good example, etc. Moreover, in Junior High School, learning English for student is targeted to achieve functional level to communicate orally and in written form to solve daily problem, such as reading a newspapers, manual, or instruction (BSNP, 2013:227). So, the students have to be able to read newspaper or understand instructions in any kinds of books and they have to be able communicate orally or in written form. That is why, the students need to enrich vocabulary knowledge to reach this target.
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Some previous researches have been done related to technique in teaching vocabulary. The first is a research done by Normalasari (2013) entitled “The Vocabulary Teaching Techniques Used by the First Grade English Teacher in SMP Muhammadiyah 06 Dau Malang”. She found that the teacher used five techniques in teaching vocabulary. There were visual, opposites, translation, asking others, and using a dictionary. In addition, another research was conducted by Rasulu (2011) entitled “Technique of Teaching Vocabulary Used by the Second Grade Teacher at SMP Muhammadiyah 06 Dau Malang“. She found that there were five kinds of vocabulary teaching technique in language learning process, they were flashcard or pictures, translation, games such as puzzle and connecting word, guessing the words, and words formation. The teacher implemented those techniques based on the English curriculum for junior high school and he also manipulated the techniques himself in accordance with the situation and the student condition in the classroom.
In this research, the researcher chooses SMP Muhammadiyah 8 Batu because she has done teaching practice (PPL) and observation there, so she knows the situation and the students well. Based on the observation, the students still have difficulties in learning English vocabulary.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
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2. How does the teacher implement the technique in teaching and learning process?
3. What are the advantages of those techniques?
1.3 Objectives of the Study
1. To know the techniques used by the teacher in teaching vocabulary to the Seventh Grade Students at SMP Muhammadiyah 8 Batu.
2. To describe the teacher implement the technique in teaching and learning process.
3. To know the advantages of those techniques.
1.4 Scope and Limitation of the Study
The study focusses on the techniques in teaching vocabulary used by seventh grade teacher of English at SMP Muhammadiyah 8 Batu and the implement of those techniques. In addition, this study is limited to the only teacher of English and the seventh grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah 8 Batu.
1.5 Significance of the Study
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vocabulary. For the next researchers, the findings on this study are expected to be useful for them who are interested conducting similar studies.
1.7 Definition of Key Terms
To avoid misunderstanding and misinterpretation the meaning of key term in this study, the definition of them are provided below. It will be expected to give the same understanding and interpretation between the writer and the readers. Those are:
- Technique: is any of a wide variety of exercises, activities, or tasks, used in the language classroom for realizing lesson objective (Brown, 2001:16). - Teaching: is showing or helping someone to learn how to do something,
giving instruction, guiding in the study of something, providing with knowledge, causing to know or understand (Brown, 2000:7)
