improving vocabulary mastery using multimedia at the fourth grade student of sdn kedungrejo 2...

IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY USING MULTIMEDIA AT THE FOURTH GRADE STUDENT OF SDN KEDUNGREJO 2

TANJUNGANOM NGANJUK IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2011 - 2012

SKRIPSI

Presented as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Degree of Education of English Department

Faculty of Teacher Training and EducationUniversity of Nusantara PGRI Kediri

By:MIFTAKHUR ROHMAN

NPM 08.1.01.08.0156

ENGLISH DEPARTMENTFACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF NUSANTARA PGRI KEDIRI2012



SKRIPSI

Presented as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Degree of Education of English Department

Faculty of Teacher Training and EducationUniversity of Nusantara PGRI Kediri

By:MIFTAKHUR ROHMAN

NPM 08.1.01.08.0156

ENGLISH DEPARTMENTFACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF NUSANTARA PGRI KEDIRI2012

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APPROVAL PAGE

SKRIPSI

By:MIFTAKHUR ROHMAN

NPM 08.1.01.08.0156

ENTITLED:



Approved by the Advisors to be proposed to the English Department Examination Committee of

University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Kediri, December 18th, 2011

The Advisors,

Advisor I

Drs. Hilarius Semana

Advisor II

Drs. Coirul HudaNIDN. 0714015901 NIDN.0709036801

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APPROVAL SHEET

SKRIPSI

By:MIFTAKHUR ROHMAN

NPM 08.1.01.08.0156

ENTITLED:



Approved and Accepted by all its qualification by the Examination Committee of

University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Kediri, June 9th, 2012

Board of Examiners,

Chairman : Drs. SETYA ADI SANCAYA, M.Pd

First Examiner : Drs. HILARIUS SEMANA

Second Examiner : Drs. COIRUL HUDA

The Dean of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Faculty ofUniversity of Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Dr. SULISTIONO, M.SiNIDN. 0007076801

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THE STATEMENT OF WRITING ORIGINALITY

The undersigned below, I:

Name : Miftakhur Rohman

NPM : 08.1.01.08. 0156

Fac/Dept : FKIP/ English Department

PDoB : Nganjuk, June 9th, 1990

states that:

1. The skripsi was never collected to any institute of higher education for any

academic degree.

2. The Skripsi is totally independent of my work and not the result of plagiarism

(plagiarism) the work of others.

3. If someday proved or provable skripsi as a result of plagiarism, I would be

willing to bear all the legal consequences occur.

Kediri, June 9th, 2012Which states,

MIFTAKHUR ROHMANNPM. 08.1.01.08.0156

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO:

- See Your Friends with Your Nice Smile

- Don’t Ever Judge Someone Because You Are Not the

God

- Love Your Job and You Will Life Happily

DEDICATION:

My beloved parents (Solihah and

Isman) who always give their

love support and pray for the

fluency of finishing my education

till the end of skripsi.

My beloved sisters and brothers’

family (Siti Shofiyah’s Family, M.

Shofi’udin’s Family, Tintin

Maisaroh’s Family, and Siti

Mahmudah’s Family) who always

give support and pray, thanks a

lot for your help not only in

finishing this skripsi but also in

all of time of my live.

Thanks for all of my English

lecturers in University of

Nusantara who guided me in

finishing this Skripsi patiently.

And all of my friends in UNP

Kediri especially class 4-c thanks

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so much for your help and

support.

ABSTRACT

MIFTAKHUR ROHMAN: Improving Vocabulary Mastery Using Multimedia at the Fourth Grade Student of SDN Kedungrejo 2 Tanjunganom Nganjuk in Academic Year 2011 – 2012, the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, UNIVERSITY OF NUSANTARA PGRI KEDIRI 2012.

Key Terms: Vocabulary, Multimedia and Young learners

To teach language needs stategies that influence the success of teaching learning process. In this case the problem that is faced by the students of SDN Kedungrejo 2, Tanjunganom is that lack of vocabulary. They cannot remember the vocabulary being taught and they cannot focus in the lesson during teaching learning process. In line with the problem above, multimedia is chosen as a media to solve the problem because multimedia has some advantages that can solve the problem. The purpose of this research is to find out whether multimedia can improve the students’ vocabulary ability and describe how the students’ response is during teaching learning process while multimedia is used to improve the students’ vocabulary.

The classroom action research is applied in the fourth grade students of SDN Kedungrejo 2 to solve the problem faced by the students during teaching learning process. It aims to increase the students’ vocabulary ability in learning English especially in meaning and spelling. The model that is used in this classroom action research by Mohamad Asrori involved four steps namely planning, implementing, observing and reflecting.

After the teacher applied teaching using multimedia, the average score of the students increased. The result of the 1st cycle the average score of the students was 60,736. In the 2nd cycle the average score of the students increase up to 65,631. In the 3rd cycle the average score of the students increase up to 79,000.

Students’ interest and motivation is high in learning English after teaching learning process using multimedia. It can be concluded that the usage of multimedia can improve the students’ vocabulary mastery.

By doing this research, the researcher suggests to the English teacher to use multimedia as an alternative strategy in teaching vocabulary in the classroom because the students will be interested in learning vocabulary. Teacher should have a good media to teach English vocabulary in elementary school students. She or he has to attract the students’ interest and motivation in learning English to improve the student’s mastering vocabulary. It can be done by using media which suitable with the material given.

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Hopefully this research will motivate the English teacher in teaching learning process by using multimedia and the students will be interested in learning English subject.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

In the name of Allah, the beneficent and merciful who has blessed the writer. He

wants to say thanks for the grace so that the writer could finish this Skripsi. He also wants

to express his special thanks to the following people for their help during writing of this

Skripsi:

1. Drs. H. Samari, SE, M.M as the Rector of Nusantara PGRI Kediri University.

2. Dr. Sulistiono, M.Si as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty.

3. Suhartono, M.Pd as the Head of English Department of Nusantara PGRI

Kediri University.

4. Drs. Hilarius Semana as the first advisor for giving His valuable guidance,

advices and encouragement to complete this research.

5. Drs. Coirul Huda as the second advisor for giving His valuable guidance,

advices and encouragement to complete this research.

6. Dwi Agus Suhono, S.Pd. M.Si as the headmaster of SDN Kedungrejo 2 who

has given the researcher a chance to conduct a research in this school.

7. All of the English Department lecturers of Nusantara PGRI Kediri

University.

8. His beloved parents who have supported the writer during writing this

Skripsi.

9. All of the Teachers in SDN Kedungrejo 2 who have encouraged and giving

their support to the writer to finish this Skripsi.

10. All of the researcher’s friends, sister, and brothers who have given the writer

support, motivation and help during her study in Nusantara PGRI Kediri

University.

The writer realizes that this Skripsi is far from being perfect. Therefore,

criticisms and suggestions are warmly welcomed. He also hopes this Skripsi will be

useful and valuable for the readers and the writer.

Kediri, 09 June 2012

The Writer

Miftakhur RohmanNPM. 08.1.01.08.0156

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

THE TITLE OF SKRIPSI ...................................................................... i

THE TITLE OF SKRIPSI....................................................................... ii

APPROVAL PAGE................................................................................ iii

APPROVAL SHEET.............................................................................. iv

THE STATEMENT OF WRITING ORIGINALITY............................. v

MOTTO................................................................................................... vi

DEDICATION........................................................................................ vi

ABSTRACT ........................................................................................... vii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT...................................................................... viii

TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................ ix

LIST OF TABLES.................................................................................. xii

LIST OF APPENDICES ........................................................................ xiii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Problem.................................. 1

B. Limitation of the problem..................................... 5

C. Formulation of the Problem.................................. 6

D. Significance of the Problem.................................. 6

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

A. Vocabulary............................................................ 8

1. Definition of Vocabulary................................. 8

2. Kinds of Vocabulary........................................ 11

3. Teaching Vocabulary....................................... 13

B. Media.................................................................... 16

1. The Meaning of Media.................................... 16

2. The Advantages of Media................................ 17

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3. Kinds of Media................................................ 19

4. The Consideration of Selecting Media............ 25

5. The Criteria of Selecting Media....................... 26

6. The Implementation of Using CD Interactive in

Teaching Learning Process............................. 27

C. Characteristics of Young learners......................... 29

1. Teaching English to Children.......................... 31

D. Teaching English Vocabulary to the Fourth Grade

Students of Elementary School............................. 33

E. Teaching English for Young learner using

Multimedia............................................................ 34

F. Rationale............................................................... 35

G. Action Hypothesis................................................. 36

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

A. Identification of Variable...................................... 38

1. Independent Variable....................................... 38

2. Dependent Variable......................................... 39

B. Research Design.................................................... 39

C. Place and the Time of the Research...................... 42

1. Place of the Research....................................... 42

2. Time of the Research....................................... 42

D. Population and Sample......................................... 44

1. Population........................................................ 44

2. Sample............................................................. 45

E. Instrument of the Research................................... 45

F. Technique of Collecting the Data......................... 46

1. Test................................................................... 45

2. Questionnaire................................................... 46

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3. Documentation................................................. 49

G. Technique of Analyzing the Data......................... 50

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION

A. The Students’ Mastery on Vocabulary at SDN

Kedungrejo 2........................................................ 55

B. The Result of the Research................................... 55

1. Implementation of Cycle 1.............................. 55



C. The Final Result of the Research.......................... 64

D. Data Questionnaires.............................................. 65

1. Grading Items of the Questionnaire................. 66

2. Finding the Mean............................................. 66

3. Matching the Mean to a Criterion.................... 67

4. Concluding the Questionnaire Result.............. 68

E. Data Documentation............................................. 69

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion............................................................ 70

B. Suggestion ............................................................ 71

BIBLIOGRAPHY................................................................................. 73

APPENDICES ................................................................................... 75

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LIST OF TABLES

TABLE Page

1. Time of the Research..................................................................... 43

2. Questionnaires................................................................................47

3. Classification of Graded Score.......................................................49

4. The Result of Cycle 1.....................................................................57

5. The Result of Cycle 2 ....................................................................60

6. The Result of Cycle 3.....................................................................63

7. The Result of the Research.............................................................64

8. Grading Items of Questionnaires....................................................66

9. Questionnaire Analysis...................................................................67

10. Category of the Criterion................................................................68

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LIST OF APPENDICES

1. Syllabus of First cycle

2. Lesson Plan of First Cycle

3. Students Work Sheet

4. Post test of cycle First Cycle

5. Students Score in the First Cycle

6. Syllabus of Second Cycle

7. Lesson Plan of Second Cycle


9. Post test of cycle Second Cycle

10. Students Score in the Second Cycle

11. Syllabus of Third Cycle

12. Lesson Plan of Third Cycle


14. Post test of cycle Third Cycle

15. Students Score in the Second Cycle

16. Blue Print of Questionnaire

17. Questionnaire

18. Research Documentation

19. Surat Pengantar / Ijin Penelitian

20. Surat Keterangann Melakukan Penelitian

21. Kartu Bimbingan Skripsi

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