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IMPROVING STUDENTS VOCABULARY MASTERY BY USING PICTURES
MEDIA AT THE THIRD GRADE OF SDN 010 KEPENUHAN
Heri Marzuki
English Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Pasir
Pengaraian
ABSTRAK
Penelitian ini adalah penelitian tindakan kelas yang dilakukan sebanyak 2 siklus,
yang terdiri dari 4 kali pertemuan dalam 1 siklus. Penelitian ini diadakan untuk mengatasi
masalah yang ada dilapangan dan juga untuk mendeskripsikan serta menjelaskan apakah
media gambar dapat meningkatkan penguasaan kosakata siswa/i SDN 010 Kepenuhan. Hasil
penelitian ini adalah; pre-test 56.80%, siklus 1 71.80% and siklus 2 80.47%. Hasil dari
penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa media gambar dapat meningkatkan penguasaan kosakata
siwa/i SDN 010 Kepenuhan. Faktor–faktor yang mempengaruhinya,yaitu: (1) Pemilihan
media gambar yang sesuai. (2) Penerapan media gambar. (3) Management kelas. (4)
Praktek. (5) Guru mendukung siswa yaitu sebagai fasilitator dan motivator.
Kata Kunci : Meningkatkan, Penguasaan Kosakata dan Media Gambar.
ABSTRACT
This Research was classroom action research (CAR), this research was conducted
in two cycles that consisted of four meeting in a cycle. This research was conducted to
overcome the existing problem on the field as well as to described and also explain whether
the pictures media could improve the students’ vocabulary mastery. The result of this research
in pre-test 56.80%, cycle 1 71.80% and cycle 2 80.47%. The result of this research indicated
that the pictures media could improve the students’ vocabulary mastery, then found the
factors that improved: (1) The selection of appropriated pictures media. (2) Applying pictures
media. (3) Management of the class. (4) Practiced. (5) Teacher supported the students as the
facilitator and motivator.
Key words: Improving, Vocabulary Mastery and Pictures Media.
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picture commonly used in study and also Action
easy to made, found and cheaper. The major steps to teach
vocabulary through pictures media were:
Teaching Procedure a) The teacher showed to students a
The major steps to teach vocabulary picture media related to the topic.
through pictures media were: b) The students looked the pictures media.
a) The teacher showed to students a c) The teacher asked them about the
picture media related to the topic. pictures media showed.
b) The students looked the pictures d) The students tried to explain what they
media. had in the pictures media.
c) The teacher asked them about the e) The teacher explained about the pictures
pictures media showed. media and pronounced the new words
d) The students tried to explain what loadly.
they had in the pictures media. f) The students repeated what the teaching
e) The teacher explained about the has pronounced together.
pictures media and pronounced the g) The teacher and students discussed
new words loadly. about the difficult words.
f) The students repeated what the h) The teacher gave exercise LKS and
teaching has pronounced together. asked the students to do it.
g) The teacher and students discussed i) The teacher and the students discussed
about the difficult words. the answer of exercise.
h) The teacher gave exercise LKS and
asked the students to do it. Observation
i) The teacher and the students The researcher was helped by the
discussed the answer exercise. collaborator to observe the activity in
teaching and learning process. The
B. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY collaborator used observation sheet to
Research Design explain which parts students include,
This research was classroom action which parts they eliminated might or
research (CAR), the researcher choose forgot to include and which parts needed
classroom action research to improve their expanding to showed comprehension.
Quality in learning and teaching English
and revise classroom learning and teaching Reflection
process to be better. Whardani (2009:1.4) Here, researcher analyzed,
action research is a research to do by the reviewed and responded the activities that
teacher in his class through self-reflective, in cycle 1. If the activity was not reach yet,
wich purposes to improve his performance the researcher continued next cycle. That
as a teacher so that result of learning can were cycle 2 and cycle 3. The steps and the
increase. activity were same as cycle 1, only
difference on the emphasis because of
PLAN some short revision.
In this step, the research was According to Widoyoko (2012:33)
implemented: to collect the data, in the research can use
a) Preparing the material, that preparing many methods, they were questionare,
the pictures media. interview, observation, video record and
b) Designing lesson plans which include tes. To calculated the students’ scores. The
the activities or step in applying pictures researcher can be seen on the table of
media. scores categories used in SDN 010
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Kepenuhan based on the curriculum of The formula is:
English. P=f/Nx100%
Table1: The classification of the score Where:
Good to excellent 80-100 P:Percentage of Students’ vocabulary
Averge to good 60-79 mastery successfulness.
Poor to average 50-59 F: Number of students who are able to
Poor 0-49 reach vocabulary mastery.
Harries et al adopted by Donal (2012:89) N: total number of students.
According to Mills in Wardhani
(2009:5.4) an attepmt by the teacher to In the percentages of four
summarize the data that was collected in a indictors, the focus was given more on the
dependable, accurate, and correct manner. pronunciation. Therefore, it had twice as
It can be concluded that the data was much calculation than other indicators,
analyzed in a strive to did by the teacher as where pronunciation had 40% of scoring.
the researcher collected the data. In calculating the score from each
To analyzed the data, the indicator, the standard percentage of each
researcher should do pre-test to the indicator had been devide as 40% in
students before applied pictures media in pronunciation, 20% in spelling, 20% in
teaching and learning process on students’ meaning, an 20% in grammar.
mastery vocabulary at pronunciation,
spelling and meaning, than the researcher Table 2: The percentages of indicators
took the result evaluation after applied vocabulary mastery
teaching English vocabulary by using No Indicators of Percentage
pictures media. This media was for vocabulary mastery
measured students’ increasing ability or 1 Pronunciation 40%
not after applied pictures media, than the 2 Spelling 20%
data was analyzed based on the following 3 Meaning 20%
steps: 4 Grammar 20%
Sudjana in Suri (2009:37)
Quantitative Data
Vocabulary test was calculated In each indicator, the general formula is:
based on the scoring criterion and was Total percentage = score/total score x
analyzed statistically and quantitatively by indicators percentage Meanwhile, the
putting them into numbers. The students’ specific indicators formula are:
score was taken at the end of each cycle. Pronunciation percentage = score / total
The result in the form of numeric data was score x 40%
transferred into graphs, matrices and Spelling percentage = score / total score x
percentage. Zainil adopted by Suri 20%
(2010:35) states data which is presented in Meaning percentage = score / total score x
the form of number or score is quantitative 20%
data which was analyzed by percentage, Grammar percentage = score / total score x
then continued into graphs. 20%
The test result also was counted
by showing the percentage of each test Qualitative Data
result to see the results of improvement. The data were taken from the
The researcher used the formula observation sheet, field notes, video record
percentage that proposed by Sudjana and interview to analyze qualitatively at
adopted by Suri (2010:36)
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the end of each cycle. To analyzed The result of students’
qualitative data the researcher was vocabulary mastery before using
applied five steps offer by gay and pictures media were presented in the
Airasian in Donal (2012:89-90) as following diagram:
follow: data managing, reading the note,
describing, classifying and Interpreting . Diagram 3: The result of students’
vocabulary mastery before using pictures
C. FINDING AND DISCUSSION media
Finding
In analysis was described the
data in pre-test, evaluation cycle one
and evaluation cycle two. So in this
section was description to divide in per
cycle, in can be seen as follows:
a. Pre-test
The researcher have been
analyzed the data of students’ scores in
pre-test, the data taken from students’
score before applied cycle one, it can be
seen on the table below:
Table 3: The result of students’
vocabulary mastery before using pictures
media In this case, the researcher
N Students’ Total Ability level analyzed the result of students’
o score score
vocabulary mastery before using
1 01 44 Poor
2 02 44 Poor
pictures media shows that the
3 03 56 Poor to average percentage of total score was 56.80%,
4 04 72 Average to good the higher score was 76 and the lowest
5 05 56 Poor to average score was 32. In pre-test, there were 8
6 06 34 Poor students (38.09%) who passed the
7 07 74 Average to good minimum standard score (68) at SDN
8 08 46 Poor
010 Kepenuhan. Among indicators, the
9 09 44 Poor
10 10 56 Poor to average highest indicator score was the aspect of
11 11 46 Poor meaning that they could reach 81.4%.
12 12 68 Average to good While the lowest indicator was
13 13 74 Average to good pronunciation, it was only 30.47%.
14 14 46 Poor a. Evaluation cycle 1
15 15 74 Average to good The researcher was conducted
16 16 72 Average to good
17 17 60 Average to good
the action in cycle one. The researcher
18 18 68 Average to good was observed the data finding in cycle
19 19 32 Poor 1. It can be described as bellow:
20 20 76 Average to good
21 21 48 Poor to average
Sum 1193 -
Average 56.80 -
Percentage 56.80 Poor to average
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Table 4: The Result of Students’
Evaluation Score in Cycle 1
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12 12 72 Average to good 19 19 76 Average to good
13 13 76 Average to good 20 20 96 Good to excellent
14 14 72 Average to good 21 21 82 Good to excellent
15 15 92 Good to excellent Sum 1690 -
16 16 90 Good to excellent Average 80.47 -
17 17 76 Average to good Percentage 80.47% Good to excellent
18 18 88 Good to excellent
The result of students’ vocabulary mastery by using pictures
evaluation in cycle 1I can be described media, there was improvement of
in the following diagram: students’ vocabulary mastery that can
be seen from the finding of pre-test to
Diagram 5: The result of students’ cycle 1 to cycle 2. It showed by the
evaluation in Cycle 1I improvement in percentage of the test
result by applying pictures media in
general, and also from the field notes
and interview. The scores improvement
from the pre-test to first cycle
achievement was 15.0%. At the second
cycle improved significantly, that was
8.67%. This result described that
students’ vocabulary mastery was
significantly improved by applying
pictures media.
In first cycle, the students still
rather confused, because some students
not understand yet the way of learning,
because they were often writing and
pronouncing the words. So they were
In cycle 2, there was significant feel different method like usually.
improvement the result of students’ In second cycle, there was significant
vocabulary mastery. However, based on improvement of the result of students’
the table above, after applied the vocabulary mastery. The students felt
pictures media showed that the enjoy and interested with pictures media
percentage of total score was 80.47%. in teaching and learning process. Based
The higher score was 100 and the on instrumentations showed that most
lowest score was 70. In evaluation cycle of students’ had good willingness to be
2, all of students could pass the active with applied pictures media. The
minimum standard score. Among percentage of students’ vocabulary
indicators, the highest indicator score mastery in every test starting from
was still in the aspect of meaning that pretest until cycle 2 could be seen
they could reach 89.50%. While the bellow:
lowest indicator was grammar, it was
only 75.20%. Table 6: The percentage of students’
vocabulary mastery by using pictures
Discussion From Pre-test to cycle 2
In relation to the first purpose of
the research in improving students’
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No Vocabulary The Percentage Ability 3 Cycle 2 80.47% Good to
mastery of students level excellent
vocabulary
mastery
1 Pre-test 56.80% Poor to
average
2 Cycle 1 71.80% Average
to good
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vocabulary mastery could be much The process of applying the media
better. also influenced in increasing of
In limitation of the research students’ vocabulary mastery. Because
presented the formulation as the basic of the teacher applied the pictures media,
the research, in order to stay on the there were some improvements in
purpose of the research. This research English vocabulary, among
refers to formulation of the research as pronunciation, spelling, grammar and
below: meaning.
1. To what extent pictures media can 3. Management of class
improve students’ vocabulary Management of the class very
mastery at the third grade of SDN influenced in increasing of students’
010 Kepenuhan. vocabulary mastery. The word
Based on the description and management refers to manage the
analysis above, it was proved by class and the process of teaching and
applying of pictures media could learning. The researcher was apply the
improve the student vocabulary management of class, like choosing
mastery. As seen at tables 11 and 12. the strategy in teaching and learning
The percentage above showed that the and manage the time.
improvement of students’ vocabulary 4. Practices
mastery in every test, it started from The increasing of students’ vocabulary
pre-test, cycle 1 and cycle 2. They were mastery by using pictures media was
56.80% for pre-test, 71,80% for cycle 1 influenced by practicing four
and 80.47 for cycle 2. It means that indicators, especially in pronunciation.
there was improvement in every cycle. The students practiced by saying and
It’s showed that the categories of repeating, then practice in front of the
students’ ability level from poor to class, by these methods, the students
average become good to excellent. easy to remember the vocabulary
(words). The students’ were not only
2. The factors influence the change of practiced in the class, students’ also
students’ vocabulary mastery by practiced with their friends out door
using pictures media at third grade caused of interested and enjoy by
of SDN 010 Kepenuhan. applying pictures media.
There were some factors 5. Teacher support to the students
influenced the improvement of The teacher supported to students as
student’ vocabulary mastery: facilitator and motivator in teaching
1. The selection of pictures media and learning process. Support was
Teacher must be creative selecting of given in the starting the lesson by
the pictures media, because it was giving the example and support was
influenced in increasing of students’ also gave it if students face there was
vocabulary mastery. If the teacher difficulty in learning process.
more creative in selecting the pictures,
the students will be more interested Conclusion and Suggestion
and active in teaching and learning Based on the activities of the
process, as have done by the improving students’ vocabulary mastery
researcher teaching and learning. by using pictures media at the third
2. The applying of pictures media grade of SDN 010 Kepenuhan, there
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