CHAPTER IV DISCUSSION
A. Finding
1. The Improvement of Vocabulary Mastery of Students of Class XI IPA IV SMAN 1 Kalukku Through Grammar Translation Method
Observation of learning is used to find out the learning process of students of class XI IPA 4 of SMA 1 Kalukku. In this observation process, the researcher gave a D-Test to students to find out the extent of students 'understanding of English learning, especially how good the students' vocabulary mastery was. From the results of these observations obtained an overview of the learning process before the action was carried out. When learning took place, most students were absorbed in their own play and some even joked with other students, thus affecting the concentration of students' learning. The media and teaching methods applied by the teacher were still monotonous, making students felt bored and less interested in attending lessons, so only a small percentage of students paid attention when the teacher explains.
From the results of the observations and the T-test given by the researchers it was found that students' vocabulary mastery was still very low. only a few students have vocabulary above the average student in that class, because they take an English course.
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a. The Scores of Validity Test I And II Table 4.1 the scores of validity test I and II
Variable Cycle I Cycle II Improvement Daily life Vocabulary 55.31 66.97 11.66
Based on the table above, it indicates that after conducted Two Scycles learning activity through Grammar Translation Method, by giving Validity test in the end of every cycles to evaluate the improvement of Students Vocabulary Achievement, there is a different average score between Cycle I and cycle II which is the Average Score of Cycle II is higher than Cycle I, means that there is an improvement in Students’
vocabulary mastery . It can be seen in the table 4.1 that the average score of validity test cycle I was 55.31. considering this result, the researcher conducted the cycle II which better then cycle II, it can be seen from the result of validity test cycle II was 66.97. There was 11.66 improvement in the average score obtained by the students of XI IPA 4. The Improvement was not really significant but it proved that Grammar Translation Method could improve students vocabulary achievement.
2. Student Learning Outcomes in Cycle I
Data from research results on students after applying the Grammar Translation method in English language lesson to improve vocabulary of students
of the XI IPA class 1 Kalukku High School students, then analyzed using Quantitative analysis whose results can be seen as follows:
1) The value of individual cognitive learning outcomes
Based on the Validity test gave to the students in every end of each cycles to evaluate the vocabulary that students have memorized or they got during the four meetings learning activity. Scores that students got in the first validity test were varied, the lowest score was 0 and the highest score was 76. In the fist four meetings cycle I, students got more difficult to answer the test because their lacking of vocabulary, eventhough there were some students who have adequate vocabulary but they still did not really understand about its Grammar.
2) The Class average Score
Based on the acquisition of the score of each students then calculated to find the average value of vocabulary improvement students of class XI IPA 4 SMA negeri 1 Kalukku, the results obtained was 55.31.
3) The percentage of students' classical learning completeness
Determined the percentage of students completeness in improving vocabulary in learning English using Grammar Translation Method, analyzed based on KKM 70.00. From the calculation results, it can be seen that the students who passed are 10 students (28.57%) and students who did not pass are 25 students (71.42%), it can be concluded that the learning outcomes of
the students of XI IPA 4 SMA Negeri 1 Kalukku after applying Grammar Translation Method is categorised as very low .
3. Student Learning Outcomes in Cycle II
1) The value of individual cognitive learning outcomes
Based on the result of Validity test I, the reseracher conducted Cycle II better then Cycle I, the researcher explain more detail about the material and its Grammar rules. As usual, at the end of Cycle II, students were given the validity test to evaluate the vocabulary that students have memorized or they got during the four meetings learning activity. The result showed that there were improvement of score obtained by students, in the Validity test cycle II the lowest score was 0 got by one students and the highest score was 92 got by Two students. In this validity test, the vocabulary mastery of students were improve and they can understand when and where to use that vocabulary in a sentences, eventhough there were some students that were still lack of vocabulary and got confuse about the Grammar.
2) The Class Average Score
Based on the acquisition of the score of each students then calculated to find the average value of vocabulary improvement students of class XI IPA 4 SMA negeri 1 Kalukku, the result was 66.97.
3) The Percentage of Students' Classical Learning Completeness
Determined the percentage of students completeness in improving vocabulary in learning English using Grammar Translation Method, analyzed
based on KKM 70.00. it can be seen that the students who passed are 20 students (57,14%) and students who did not pass are 15 students (43%), it can be concluded that the learning outcomes of the students of XI IPA 4 SMA Negeri 1 Kalukku after applying Grammar Translation Method is categorised as Fair category.