IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY
THROUGH NOUGHTS AND CROSSES GAME
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This
chapter presents the introduction consists of background, problem statement,
objective of the research, significant of the research and scope of the
research.
A.
Background
There are four language skills namely:
listening, speaking, writing and reading. To achieve the four skills, it is
important to master language components namely: vocabulary, grammar, and
pronunciation.
One of the language components that holds an
important role is vocabulary. We can see that in speaking skills, the student
cannot speak English because they have limited vocabulary. In reading and
listening skills, the student cannot understand what they read and listen,
because they lack vocabulary. Wilkins in Widiastuty (1997 : 111) states that
the fact is without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary,
nothing can be conveyed.
Vocabulary is one of the important
things in learning English. Learning vocabulary for young learner is
fundamental because the ability of students to learn English especially to read
as well as to comprehend the subject is determined by vocabulary competence if
the learners have no or lack vocabulary and the ability to communicate and to
convey their need could not be established.
Beside that, vocabulary is one of the important
elements in building up English. It is impossible to express our ideas,
emotion, feeling, and desire without vocabulary. The mastery of vocabulary
becomes very essential for the students to????