Research Methodology

A. The Objectives of Research The objectives of this research are to improve students’
achievement and enrich students’ vocabulary by using word cards.

B. The Place and time This research is conducted in SMK Nusantara, Jl. Tarumanegara no. 01,
Pisangan, Ciputat, on April 2011. The object of the research is students of SMK Nusantara at
marketing program, class XI.2

C. The Research Design

D. The Procedures of Research

Because this research is an action research, it includes some stages and cycles. As the writer has
mentioned in the previous chapter that this action research is based on Kemmis and Taggart, it
includes “planning, action, observation, and reflection or evaluation” 2 . This is a collaborative
research, the writer collaborate with the English teacher of SMK Nusantara class XI.2 marketing
program.

E. Collecting data Techniques

1. Observation Observation is one way that can be done for collecting data. As the writer has
mentioned in the previous chapter that observation is one thing that must be included in the
action research because it is one of the stages of action research cycles.

2. Interview Besides observation, the, writer also conducts an interview as the way in collecting
data, the writer conducted an interview with the teacher to know about the class and the students’
capability in English, especially vocabulary mastery.

3. Objective Test It is a kind of test that is most used by teacher or researcher in measuring
students’ capability in a subject, it can be caused by objective test covers almost all of the
material and it is easy to score

F. Data Analysis Techniques

The data that the writer collects in this research are from interview, observation, and test. In
analyzing numerical data, the writer gains the average students’ score in each cycle; it is used to
measure the students’ vocabulary mastery

G.The Trustworthiness of Test

To analyze the examined test items, the writer uses the trustworthiness of test.

1. Test Validity
2. 2. Item Discrimination
3. 3 .Item Facility
H. The Criterion of the Action Success The CAR can be called successful if it can achieve the
criteria which have been determined, and failed if it cannot achieve the criteria. In this study,