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IMPROVING THE ENGLISH NOUN VOCABULARY MASTERY
BY USING COLORED PICTURES FOR FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS
IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/2015
(A Classroom Action Research at SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati)
By
MERRY MAHARTIKA PUTRI NIM. 2010-32-127
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
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IMPROVING THE ENGLISH NOUN VOCABULARY MASTERY
BY USING COLORED PICTURES FOR FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS
IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/2015
(A Classroom Action Research at SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati)
SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
In a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program In the Department of English Education
By
MERRY MAHARTIKA PUTRI NIM 201032127
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO
Those who walk with God, always reach their destination. Believe you can and you are halfway there.
I do because I can, I can because I want to, I want to because you said “I could not”.
Dream, believe and make it happen. (Agnes Monica) Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like
free spirit in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable. (Helen Keller)
DEDICATION
This Skripsi dedicated to:
Her beloved mother (Sri Hartini) and father (Mardiatmo) who always pray for her success.
Her beloved brothers (Arif Setyo Utomo) who always support her.
Her beloved niece (Fasena Abellian Azza’airin)
who always support her.
Her bestfriends; Lisa Lasa, Ayug, Anggi , Cindy,Arin, Nui, Nilnaa and all her bestfriend who always support and motivate her.
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ADVISORS’ APROVAL
This is to certify that the Skripsi of Merry Mahartika Putri (NIM: 2010-32-127) has been approved by the skripsi advisors for the further approval by the Examining Committee.
Kudus, Agustus 2014
Advisor I
Fajar Kartika,S.S,M.Hum. NIS. 0610701000001191
Advisor II
Dra.Hj. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd. NIS. 0610713020001009
Acknowledged by,
The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Dean,
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EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL
This is to certify that the Skripsi of Merry Mahartika Putri (NIM: 2010-32-127) has been approved by the Examining Committee as requirement for the Sarjana Degree of English Education.
Kudus, September 2014 Skripsi Examining Committee:
Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd NIS. 0610713020001020
Dra. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd ,Member
NIS. 0610713020001009
Acknowledged by,
The Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Dean,
Dr. Drs. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd NIP. 196212191987031015 Nuraeningsih, S.Pd, M.Pd NIS. 06107000001201
,Member
,Member Drs. Muh. Syafei, M.Pd
NIP. 196204131988021002
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First and foremost, the reseacher would like to thank to Jesus Crist who always blessed and guides her along the way. No one can walk alone on the journey of this life. Praise to Jesus the Lord of the world for blessing given to her during her study and completing her final project entitled “Improving the English noun vocabulary mastery by using colored pictures For fifth grade students in the academic year 2014/2015 (a classroom action research at SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati)”. The researcher realizes that this skripsi will never be completed without assistancing from others. The researcher would like to express her sincerest appreciation and deepest gratitude to:
1. Dr.Drs.Slamet Utomo,M.Pd. as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University.
2. Diah Kurniati, M.Pd as the Head of English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University.
3. Fajar Kartika,S.S,M.Hum as the first advisor who has given the valuable guidance and her willingness to give precious advice to the researcher. 4. Dra.Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd as the second advisor who has already
given her valuable input and suggestion in writing this skripsi.
5. The headmaster of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati, Mr. Sudiyono S.Pd, M.Pd for giving his permission to conduct the research.
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7. All her teacher in SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati who always give support and motivation to her during conducting the research.
8. Her beloved father and mother who always love her, give her spirit and pray for her success.
9. Her entire friends in Muria Kudus University who always motivate her to finish this skripsi and always make her smile.
Kudus, September 2014
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Putri, Merry Mahartika. 2014. Improving The English Noun Vocabulary Mastery by Using Colored Pictures for Fifth Grade Students in The Academic Year 2014/2015 (A Classroom Action Research at SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati) Skripsi. English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University. Advisors:(i)FajarKartika,S.S,M.Hum. (ii) Dra. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M. Pd.
Key word: Noun Vocabulary Mastery, Colored Pictures
In learning English, first the most important thing to thinking about is vocabulary , especially for young learners like Elementary school students.Vocabulary is one of the most important components of any language class. Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. English nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns is the most important part of vocabulary, it would be hard to talk about something without nouns because noun can serve as the subject or object.Teaching media has been used in this research to improve the English noun vocabulary mastery. Colored Pictures is media which can help the students to improve their English noun vocabulary mastery.
This research has purposes to find out the answerof the statement of the problem. The purposes of this research are: (1) to find out if Colored Picture can improve the English noun vocabulary mastery of the fifth grade students of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 in
academic year 2014/2015, (2) to know how is the classroom atmosphere when Colored
Picture is applied to improve the English noun vocabulary mastery of the fifth grade students of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 in academic year 2014/2015
This research is a classroom action research (CAR). In 1 cycle of CAR consists of 4 steps; planning, acting, observing, and reflection. The subject of this research is the fifth grade students of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati class B which consists of 26 students. In this research, the writer uses two instruments; test and observation sheet.
The result of this research shows that there was improvement in English noun vocabulary mastery of the students taught by using Colored Pictures. It was proved by the improvement of the students’ score from the cycle 1 to the cycle 2. In cycle 1, many students got score under passing grade. 18 students were failed and 8 were passed in doing the first test. The average score of the students in cycle 1 was 63,2. While in cycle 2, 23 students were passed and only 3 students were failed in doing the test. The average score of the students in cycle 2 was 74.An improvement also happened in students’ activity. It can be seen in cycle 2. There were many students became active in the class. Most of them responded and gave attention to the teacher during the teaching and learning process. It was different with the previous condition in cycle 1 in which many students did not be active in the class.
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Putri, Merry Mahartika. 2014. Meningkatkan Penguasaan Kosa Kata Benda Bahasa Inggris dengan menggunakan Colored Pictures untuk Siswa Kelas Lima Tahun Akademik 2014/2015 (Penelitian Tindakan Kelas di SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati)Skripsi. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Muria Kudus. Advisors:(i) FajarKartika,S.S,M.Hum.(ii) Dra.Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M. Pd.
Kata kunci: Penguasaan kosa kata benda bahasa Inggris, Colored Pictures Dalam pembelajaran bahasa Inggris, hal terpenting yang perlu di perhatikan adalah kosa kata, khususnya untuk anak-anak seperti murid Sekolah Dasar. Kosa kata adalah salah satu bagian terpenting dari kelas kata. Kosa kata benda sangat penting karena fungsi dari kosa kata benda itu sendiri, struktur kosa kata benda digunakan dalam percakapan sehari-hari. Kosa kata benda bahasa Inggris adalah kata yang digunakan untuk menyebut nama orang, hewan, tempat, benda, atau ide pemikiran. Kata benda adalah bagian terpenting dari kosa kata, akan sangat sulit untuk berbicara tenatang sesuatu tanpa menggunakan kata benda karena kata benda dapat berfungsi sebagai subjek atau objek dalam kalimat. Media pembelajaran telah digunakan dalam penelitian ini untuk meningkatkan penguasaan kosa kata bahasa Inggris. Colored Pictures adalah media yang dapat membantu siswa untuk meningkatkan penguasaan kosa kata benda mereka.
Penelitian ini adalah sebuah penelitian tindakan kelas. Pada satu siklus penelitian tindakan kelas terdiri dari 4 langkah; perencanaan, tindakan, pengamatan dan refleksi. Subjek penelitian ini adalah kelas lima B dari SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati yang terdiri dari 26 siswa. Pada penelitian ini peneliti menggunakan dua instrumen yaitu tes dan lembar observasi.
Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan pada penguasaan kosa kata bahasa Inggris siswa diajarkan menggunakan media Colored Pictures. Itu dibuktikan dari hasil tes. Bukti tersebut bisa dilihat dari peningkatan nilai yang diperoleh siswa dari siklus 1 ke siklus 2. Di siklus 1, banyak siswa yang mendapatkan nilai di bawah KKM. 18 siswa gagal dan 8 lulus dalam mengerjakan tes yang pertama. Rata-rata nilai siswa di siklus 1 yaitu 63,2. Sedangkan di siklus 2, 23 siswa lulus dan 3 siswa gagal dalam mengerjakan tes. Rata-rata nilai siswa di siklus 2 adalah 74.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... vii
ABSTRACT ... viii
1.6. Operational Definition ... 5
CHAPTER II:REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND ACTION HYPOTHESIS 2.1Teaching English ... 7
2.1.1 Teaching English at SDN 02 Wedarijaksa Pati ... 7
2.1.2 Purpose of Teaching English of The Fifth Grade at SDN 02 Wedarijaksa Pati ... 7
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2.3 Colored Pictures ... 20
2.4 Review of Previous Research... 22
2.5Teoritical Framework ... 25
2.6 Action Hypothesis ... 27
CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH 3.1 Setting and Characteristics of Research Subject ... 28
3.2 Variable of the Research ... 29
3.3Design of the Research... 29
3.3.1 Planning... 30
3.3.2 Action ... 30
3.3.3 Observation ... 30
3.3.4 Analysis and Reflection ... 31
3.4Procedure of the Research ... 31
3.5Data Analysis ... 32
CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH 4.1 Pre- reflection ... 36
4.2 The Result of Cycle 1 ... 37
4.2.1 The Use of Colored Pictures to Improve English Noun Vocabulary Mastery of Fifth Grade Students of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati in The Cycle 1 ... 37 4.2.2 The English Noun Vocabulary Mastery of Fifth Grade Students
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4.2.3 The Test score of English Noun Vocabulary Mastery of Fifth Grade Students of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati in The Academic
Year 2013/2014 in Cycle 1 ... 44 4.2.4 The Precentage of English Noun Vocabulary Mastery of The Fifth
Grade Students of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati in The Academic
Year 2014/2015 ... 45 4.3 The Result of Cycle 2 ... 46 4.3.1The Use of Colored Pictures to Improve English Noun Vocabulary
Mastery Of The Fifth Grade Students of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati in The Cycle 2 ... 47 4.3.2 The Test Score of English Noun Vocabulary Mastery of Fifth Grade
Students of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati in Academic Year 2014/2015
in Cycle 2 ... 54 4.3.3 The Precentage of English Noun Vocabulary Mastery of Fifth Grade
Students of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati in Academic Year 2014/2015
in Cycle 2 ... 56 CHAPTER V DISCUSSION
5.1 The Use of Colored Pictures to Improve English Noun Vocabulary Mastery of Fifth Grade Students of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati in
Academic Year 2014/2015 ... 56 5.2 The English Noun Vocabulary Mastery of The Fifth Grade Students
of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati in Academic Year 2014/2015
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CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
6.1 Conclusion ... 61
6.2 Suggestion ... 63
REFERENCES ... 65
APPENDICES... 66
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of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati in Academic Year 2013/2014 in Cycle 2 . 54 4.8 The Percentage of Writing Ability of Narrative text of the Fifth Grade
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Page
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix Page
1. The Syllabus of SDN Wedarijksa 02 Pati in the academic year
2014/2015 ... 67
2. Lesson Plan Cycle 1 ... 84
3. Lesson Plan Cycle 2 ... 99
4. Worksheet Cycle 1 ... 115
5. Worksheet Cycle 2 ... 119
6. The Test Score of English Noun Vocabulary Matery of the Fifth Grade Students of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati in Academic Year 2013/2014 in Cycle 1 ... 123
7. The Test Score of English Noun Vocabulary Matery of the Fifth Grade Students of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati in Academic Year 2013/2014 in Cycle 2 ... 124
8. The Observation Sheet of The Use of Colored Pictures to Improve English Noun Vocabulary Mastery of Fifth Grade Students of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati of Cycle 1 ... 125
9. The Observation Sheet of The Use of Colored Pictures to Improve English Noun Vocabulary Mastery of Fifth Grade Students of SDN Wedarijaksa 02 Pati of Cycle 2 ... 128
