Learning Vocabulary Using Narrow Reading for EFL
Students: A Case Study
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Kristin Sinta Sari Boru Siahaan
112006127
English Department
Faculty of Language and Literature
Satya Wacana Christian University
Salatiga
Learning Vocabulary Using Narrow Reading for EFL
Students: A Case Study
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Kristin Sinta Sari Boru Siahaan
112006127
Approved by:
Joseph Ernest Mambu, M.A Hendro Setiawan H, M.A
Copyright Statement
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my knowledge and belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@2011. Kristin Sinta Sari Boru Siahaan and Joseph Ernest Mambu
Acknowledgment
In struggling for completing this thesis, I would like to thank Jesus Christ who has blessed me. I want to thank my parents who always support me both economically and spiritually. Thanks a lot for your love, Mom and Dad. I also want to thank to both brother bang Togi and bang Riki for supporting me from distance.
Therefore, this thesis would have been completed without any help and support from many people. I would like to express my deepest appreciation to my supervisor, Joseph Ernest Mambu, who has helped and guided me passionately in finishing my thesis. Pak Joseph, we finally accomplish our mission.
Next, I would like to thank to Didit Setyo Wibowo who always accompanies me in finishing this thesis. Thank you for all the love and care that you have given to me. You have never let me down even a second.
Moreover, I would like to thank to my awesome girls and boys that have supported me. Thanks to Pinta who was struggling together with me in doing this thesis. Thanks to Linggar who always accompanies me in my boring time in doing this thesis and who always listens to my thesis problem. Thanks to Hendrata for willingly helping my thesis. Then, for Badonk, Carmen, Anya, Sani, Sebti, Mungki, Eli, and all of you that I haven’t mentioned before I want to thank you guys. It is my pleasure to meet you all. You all are such a great people.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE………..7
A. Reading……….. 7
b. Multiple exposures to a word in different contexts……… 12
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY………15
A. Type of research……… 15
B. Participants………. 16
C. Instrument………. 17
1. Materials……… 17
2. Tests……….. 18
D. Research procedure……….. 19
E. Data analysis………. 20
CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION……….22
A. Vocabulary improvement ……… 22
1. Vocabulary test result……….. 22
2. Pre-test result……….. 28
3. Post-test result………. 29
B. Discussion……… 31
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION………...35
REFERENCES………37
Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate the benefits of using narrow reading in learning vocabulary. The main focuses in this study include the aspect that the students’ improvement in their vocabulary and their motivation toward the using of narrow reading. The participants of this study were two students from the Reading Across Genres course. The instruments used in this research were the vocabulary tests and the reading materials taken from The Jakarta Post which covered Antasari
