INCREASING THE
STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY BY USING WORD WALL MEDIA
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.
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.
Allen (1997:149) says that 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 ?????