IMPROVING STUDENTS’
VOCABULARY MASTER Y THROUGH WORD
CLAP GAME
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. The Background of Study
People
live in a world of language, they play, fight, share idea or opinion with
language. Fromkin mentioned that someone has to understand the language to
prove that he or she is the
human being.1The language itself contains vocabulary, that’s why
vocabulary is one of the essential
language components in studying language. It is necessary because the words are
the basic building blocks of the language, the unit of
meaning from which
larger structures such as
sentences or paragraphs. Therefore, having
good vocabulary can make easier to understand the meaning of the words and
mastering vocabulary is the
key to language learning, the students who have good
vocabulary will be easier to master the language skills well. On the other
hand, the students who have less vocabulary will get difficulty to understand
the text, to
speak English, and
to write their
idea. Furthermore, they
neither understand what others’
saying nor make
sentences to transfer
their messages to other people. In other words, this could
also be the most difficult factor of
failing in language acquisition. Clearly, vocabulary is needed for expressing meaning and
conveying thought through
both receptive and productive skills.
The importance
of vocabulary is
larger than other
aspects because when a
person learns about
a new language,
usually she or he thinks
about mastering vocabulary. It
means that whenever people use a language, automatically they have to use
the words of the language. Therefore, it is
crucial for them to have range of vocabulary. By
having large vocabulary,
they can precisely open some
ideas both in oral and written communication. Learning
vocabulary is important because it helps
students develop their
speaking, reading, writing
and listening. Cameron stated that a
person is said
to know the word if
they can recognize the
meaning of???
