Maria Biri Loda, Chindy Hanggara

Improving English Vocabulary Through Media Images In SMPN 3 Lamboya Nusa Tenggara Timur
Academic Years 2019

IMPROVING ENGLISH VOCABULARY THROUGH MEDIA IMAGES IN SMPN

3 LAMBOYA NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR ACADEMIC YEARS 2019/2020

ARTICLE

OLEH :
MARIA BIRI LODA
2161000320072

INSTITUTE OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION BUDI UTOMO MALANG

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITY EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
2020

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IMPROVING ENGLISH VOCABULARY THROUGH MEDIA IMAGES IN SMPN
3 LAMBOYA NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR ACADEMIC YEARS 2019/2020

Maria Biri Loda1, Chindy Hanggara2

English Education Program Department
Faculty of Socials Science And Humanity Education
Institute of Teacher Training and Education Budi Utomo Malang
Citandui Street Number 46 Malang Phone : 0341 – 495111, 495222
Email: rialoda@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The mastery of grade VIIB English vocbulary is still low. This is

because students have not been able to read English vocabulary, so students
need a learning aid so that the mastery of English vocabulary can be
increased. This study aims to describe the use of image media to improve the
mastery of English vocabulary in class VII students of SMP Negeri 3 Lamboya.
This research is a kind of classroom action research with the research
subjects of class VIIB students of SMP Negeri 3 Lamboya with a total of 32
students. The design of this study uses an iquiry learning model that is
carried out in two cycles. Each cycle has an action component that consists of
planning, action and observation, and reflection. Data collection techniques
using observation, tests, and field notes sheets. Question, and field notes
sheets. Analysis of research data using data analysis and qualitative.
Qualitative the results showed that the use of image media can
improve students mastery of English vocabulary. Increased mastery of
students English vocabulary can be seen from an increase in the aspect of
interpreting the vocabulary the vocabulary from before taking action to the
second cycle of 0,29 increasing aspects of reading the vocabulary from before
taking action to the second cycle of 0,82, increasing aspects of reciting
vocabulary from writing vocabulary from before action is taken until the
second cycle 0,76 an increase in the aspect of using vocabulary in learning
from before the action is taken until the second cycle of 0,15 and the average
value obtained before the action is 66.1 with a percentage of completeness of
51.52%, after the cycle II action, the average score of students becomes
88.03 with a percentage of completeness of 90.9% and an increase in teacher
activity during the learning process. before action is taken until the second
cycle of 0.94 an increase in aspects.

Key Word : Media image, mastery of English vocabulary class VII SMP

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Improving English Vocabulary Through Media Images In SMPN 3 Lamboya Nusa Tenggara Timur
Academic Years 2019

IMPROVING ENGLISH VOCABULARY THROUGH MEDIA IMAGES IN SMPN

3 LAMBOYA NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR ACADEMIC YEARS 2019/2020

Maria Biri Loda1, Chindy Hanggara2

Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Fakultas Pendidikan Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora
Institut Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Budi Utomo Malang
Jalan Citandui No. 46, Malang Telepon: 0341-495111, 495222
Email: rialoda@gmail.com

ABSTRAK

Penguasaan kosakata bahasa Inggris kelas VII SMP Negeri 3 Lamboya

masih rendah. Hal ini dikarenakan siswa belum dapat membaca kosakata
bahasa Inggris, sehingga siswa membutuhkan suatu alat bantu pembelajaran
agar penguasaan kosakata bahasa Inggris dapat meningkat. Penelitian ini
bertujuan mendeskripsikan penggunaan media gambar untuk meningkatkan
penguasaan kosakata bahasa Inggris pada siswa kelas VII SMP Negeri 3
Lamboya . Penelitian ini termasuk jenis penelitian tindakan kelas (classroom
action research) dengan subyek penelitian siswa kelas VIIB SMP Negeri 3
Lamboya yang berjumlah 32 siswa. Desain penelitian ini menggunakan
model pembelajaran inkuiri dan target yang dilaksanakan dalam dua siklus.
Setiap siklus memiliki komponen tindakan yang terdiri dari perencanaan,
perlakuan tindakan dan pengamatan, serta refleksi
Teknik pengumpulan data dengan menggunakan observasi, tes, dan
catatan lapangan. Instrumen pengumpulan data dengan menggunakan
lembar observasi, soal, dan lembar catatan lapangan. Analisis data penelitian
menggunakan analisis data dan kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukan
bahwa penggunaan media gambar dapat meningkatkan penguasaan
kosakata bahasa Inggris siswa. Peningkatan penguasaan kosakata bahasa
Inggris siswa dapat dilihat dari peningkatan aspek mengartikan kosakata
dari sebelum dilakukan tindakan sampai siklus II sebesar 0,29, peningkatan
aspek membaca kosakata dari sebelum dilakukan tindakan sampai siklus II
sebesar 0,82, peningkatan aspek melafalkan kosakata dari sebelum dilakukan
tindakan sampai siklus II sebesar 0,94, peningkatan aspek menulis kosakata
dari sebelum dilakukan tindakan sampai siklus II sebesar 0,76, peningkatan
aspek menggunakan kosakata dalam pembelajaran dari sebelum dilakukan
tindakan sampai siklus II sebesar 0,15 dan nilai rata-rata yang diperoleh
sebelum dilakukan tindakan yaitu 66,1 dengan persentase ketuntasan
sebesar 51,52%, setelah dilakukan tindakan siklus II nilai rata-rata siswa
menjadi 88,03 dengan persentase ketuntasan sebesar 90,9% serta
peningkatan aktivitas guru dan aktivitas siswa selama proses pembelajaran

Kata Kunci : Media image, mastery of English vocabulary class VII SMP

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INTRODUCTION
In fact, in SMP Negeri 3
Lamboya there are still many
students who can’t mastered
English, namely listening,
speaking, reading and writing skill.
Of the four skills, speaking is the
most important skill
communicating.The difficulties in
the study about English make the
students passiveness when they
get the English subject in their
class. It can be task of their English
teacher to make their students feel
happy when they learn about
English. Because of that, they must
make a way to get the students
enjoy with English, such as English
extracurricular. Every school has
an extracurricular. In English
extracurricular, there are English
club, debate of English, speech,
storytelling and others in
Through them they can get the
freedom of communicate with
English directly with their friends.
They can improve their English
skill with increasing their new
vocabulary and making happy with
English. Thus, they can improve
their
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English skill. The researcher
choose the school of SMP Negeri 3
Lamboya because the researcher
want to teach english and students
of SMP very happy and funny to
learning english. According to
in experts and in general educatioan
(English: Education) is the learning
of knowladge, skills, and habits of a
group of people who are derived
from one generation to the next
through teaching, training or
research. Understanding of
education is generally a conscious
and planned effort to realize the
learning and learning process for
learners to actively develop its
potential to have religious spiritual
power, self-control, personality,
inteligence, noble morals, as well
as the skills necessary and the
it. community.
Education is often occuring
under the guidance of others, but
also enables utilidak. But generally
education is divided into stage as
prescholars, elementary schools,
high school and then college,
university or apprenticeship.
According to H. Horne Education is
a continuous process (enternal) of
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higher adjustments for human in practice speaking, reading,

beings that have been physically listening, and writing. According to
and mentally, are free and J-Harmer (1991) vocabulary
conscious to God, such as learning requires “Deep
manifestation in the nature of Experience’’ or active interaction
intellectual, emotional and with the vocabulary studied. This
humanity. can be done with a vocabulary
The vocabulary learning in learning that is liked or required
English learning is not the only by students. Therefore, it is
important element. But of many necessary to methods and learning
problems encountered in elements media that can create the learning
of English learning elements such atmosphere of learning
as speaking, reading, listening, and atmosphere that helps students
writing, are generally due to the interactions with vocabulary or
lack of vocabulary mastery of the concepts being studied intensively
learner and lack of knowladge (immersed) and interactively.
from the learner to put vocabulary
RESEARCH METHODE

Stringer (2007:1) revealed that class action research is a

that “Action Research
systematic approach to
Investigation that awnates to find
effective solutions to problems
they are confront in this everybody
living’’. The above opinion can be
interpreted that reveal action is a
research system that allows people
to find the success of the solutions
offered from the poblem of each
day. Based on the opinions of the
above experts it can be concluded
is a direct-nucent research in a class
tha that is having problems with the
aim of discovering the solution of
problems and testing the success
of the solution offered by following
the phase-prescription classroom
action stages. The type of
classroom action research used is a
collaborative study. Suhardjono
(Suharsimi Arikunto, 2009: 63)
suggests that the characteristics of
the classroom action research is

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the collaboration or cooperation person who conducts research in

between teachers, principals, PTK equivalent to teachers is
students, lecturers, Widyaiswara having roles and responsibilities
and so on in understanding, and requires each other and
agreement on the problem, complement to achieve the goal.
decision-making that eventually The research design used in
gave birth to the similarity of this study is the inquiri and
action. Vienna Sanjaya (2011: 60) TaggartmodelsSuharsimi Arikunto
revealed that collaborative (2009: 16) argues that there are
research can provide scratching four activities with three stages
and conclusion that can be that must be passed in research,
scientifically caused for designed namely planning, treatment,
by teams that involve experts in observation, and reflection. The
research and learning. Teacher stages of treatment and obsevation
cooperation can be done by in classroom Action Research are
together digging and review the carried out simultaneously.
real problems facing teachers or Schematically described as follows:
other students. The position of the

Planning
Reflection SIKLUS I Implementation

Observation

Planning

Reflection SIKLUS II Implementation

Observation

Model design of classroom action

according to kemmis and Mc
Taggart in Arikunto (2012: 16

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Planning and can be processed through the

Planning is a design phase instruments about tests and
that is used to improve the processed using quantitative data
mastery of English vocabulary. The analysis. The data contained in the
design is made based on the observation sheet instrument and
results of observations that have the field record file is processed
beenmade in previous learning. using qualitative analysis and used
Planning is as supporting data from the tests
one is to make interesting that have analyzed using
learning plans and achieve quantitative data. Data processing
learning objectives. Make a media results using quantitative analysis
image that is used during the then raised in the form of
learning process. Make evaluation numbers/scores. The results of
questions to measure the quantitative analysis are then
achievement of mastery English evapatted in the word form with
vocabulary. the help of supporting data that
Analysis of Research Data are processed in quantitative
The data of research to be analysis derived from observation
used in this study using descriptive sheets and field records. The result
quantitative data analysis and of student ability in the vocabulary
qualitative descriptive, of English vocabulary can be
quantitative data analysis used due calculated by the following
to the main data in the form of the formula, Activate.
vocabulary of English vocabulary
The result of the students in student scores =
the mastery of English vocabulary x 100
will be calculated by the following
maximum score
formula.

Nthe result of score

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The result of the value of the value the result of students ability in
in the end of the cycle that will be mastering English vocabulary at
counted on ovarage (mean) of all the end of the cycle will be
students. The formulas search for calculated on avarage. The results
evarage (mean) and single of the average at the end of the
according to cycle are then used as a
Sugiyono (2007: 49) is as follows: comparison between cycle i and
Me =∑ cycle II. If it increases in cycle II it
Me = mean (the average) is assumed that the use of picture
∑= epsilon (read the card media can increase the
amount) mastery of English vocabulary.
Xi = value X to i to n
n = the number of
individual

Discussion
the discussion elaborates on students shown in this study can
the results of researcher on be seen from the increase in
improving the mastery of English mastery of English vocabulary.
vocabulary through the use of At the initial observation, the
picture media image in grade VIIB teacher has not used the learning
students of Smp Negeri 3 Lamboya. media to the maximum in learning
Based on the results of the study. It so that the learning of English
shows that the use of image media vocabulary taught by the teacher is
can improve the English less than optimal. The teacher only
vocabulary mastery of VIIB grade gives the meaning of words
students of Smp Negeri 3 Lamboya. varbally and has not given the
Azhar Arsyad (2011: 121) said that apportunity for studens to read the
the image media can be a clue and English vocabulary that is being
stimulate students to provide the studied in depth. So that when the
disured response. The initial ability test is done the
instructionns and stimuli of average number of students scores

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is 66.1 with a percentage of completed the specified

completeness of 51.52%. this completion criteria. Which is 85%
shows that there are still 16 of the total students who have
students who have not yet reached 61.
CONCLUSSION AND SUGGESTION
CONCLSSION
Based on the the results of English vocabulary. This can be
reseach and discussion, it can be seen from the increase in the
concluded that the use of picture average value of students in every
media image can improve the aspect of mastery of English
mastery of English vocabulary in vocabulary as well as an increase
class VIIB students of Smp Negeri 3 during the learning process from
Lamboya. Image media used to before taking action to the end of
help the mastery of English cycle II the average value of
vocabulary. The aspect of students increased by 21.93 with
mastering English vocabulary that an increase in the percentage
is emphasized in the use of image success of 39.38%. in the aspect of
meida is the aspect of reading interperting the vocabulary
vocabulary and reciring increased by 0.29. in the aspect of
vocabulary. Reading vocabulary reading vocabulary increased by
can be done together or 0.82. in the aspect of reciting
individually. The use of image vocabulary increased by 0.76. in
media can help students to raed aspects of using vocabulary in
vocabulary individually in groups. learning increased by 0.15. the
Individual vocabulary in groups. biggest increase occurred in the
The use of picture media image can aspect of reading and reciting
improve students.mastery of vocabulary, this shows that

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