“The Effect of Picture on the Eight Grade Students’
Vocabulary Mastery”.
CHAPTER
1
INTRODUCTION
A.
Background
Teaching
English in our country has been developed extensively because English is an
international language in the world. Therefore, Indonesian government has
brought it as a local since at the elementary school. In teaching English
vocabulary as an element or language is considered as the most important factor
in increasing the mastered if the students are still lacking of vocabulary.
Vocabulary is a part of language
learning that need continuing growth and
development by both native and non native speakers long after grammar and
pronunciation elementary school until senior high Scholl. In language teaching
preparation program in our country, more and attention being given to improve
some technique for teaching vocabulary.
Learning
vocabulary as a foreign language seems easy but some students feel fear. The
teacher of English should find out solution by crating efficient and effective
technique of teaching in teaching English
vocabulary, besides that, the
teachers should establish condition which makes teaching vocabulary possible.
The learning will occur within reasonable period of time. Vocabulary is when we
speak and write; the term expressive vocabulary is used to refer to both since
these are the vocabularies we use to express ourselves. We “understand”
vocabulary when we listen to speech and when we read (Pikulski & Templeton
2004: 1).
Stahl
(2005: 1) stated, “Vocabulary knowledge is knowledge; the knowledge of a word
not only implies a definition,but also implies how that word fits into the
world.” Consequently, researchers and practitioners alike seek to identify,
clarify, and understand what it means for students “to know what a word means.
Realizing
how important the vocabulary and how difficult students to build up the
teachers of English have provided students with rich exciting exercise which
are expected to help vocabulary mush be very helpful to improve the students’
ability in English communication. vocabulary is very important in a language,
when we learn a language like English; we learn the words of language. Students
must continue to learn words as they learn structure as they practice the
target language. The vocabulary is needed very to master the four skills in
English.
In fact, students’ mastery of English vocabulary is
still lack. The students are also difficult to deliver their ideas because of
their limitation of vocabulary. On the other hand, some students don’t have
self-confidence speaking using that vocabulary. As consequence, students will
be difficult to communicate to each other or share their opinion. So that, they
should always improve their of vocabulary. Vocabulary not easy thing to do, we
must be optimistic that can. Teacher has to make an effort to build their
students’ vocabulary since students will have more opportunity to identify the
words during the teaching and learning process.
In facilitating the students in learning vocabulary,
English teachers should also provide materials that are appropriate with the
curriculum and find suitable methods in teaching and learning process. Thus,
media are to solve those problems. Media are important in teaching and learning
English since they help both of the teacher and the students.
To
help
students understand the learning task or learning material is using picture. It
has been generally accepted that
pictures, especially colorful
ones, are quite
helpful teaching aids
in introducing new vocabulary to students because generally, people
would keep in their mind for a long period of time something that they have
learned or experienced which is interesting to them.
Zarei
& Salimi (2012: 45) Picture is
an easy way for simultaneous attention to the
building blocks of
second language learning. Using
picture for presenting
new vocabulary has been a fundamental principle in many
methods and the using of picture
activities form a
mental link at the
early stages of
second language learning, especially
if it is
created by the students
themselves
They are assumed as the gate between the teacher and
learners in transferring the materials being taught more easily during teaching
learning process. To prove the use of picture is effective for the vocabulary
increase of the learners, the writer is interested in doing observation to
introduce under the title: “The Effect of Picture on the Eight Grade Students’
Vocabulary Mastery”.
