A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH PICTURES OF THE FIFTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SDN GEMPOLAN GURAH KEDIRI IN THE 2003/2004 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

This research was intended to describe the fifth year students' vocabulary achievement through pictures. The research area was SDN Gempolan Gurah Kediri and the fifth year students were the respondents. The research design was descriptive. The respondents determination method was population method. The total respondents were 25 students. The primary data were obtained by vocabulary test. The secondary data were obtained by documentation, interview and observation. The research result showed that the fifth year students of SDN Gempolan Gurah Kediri in the 2000/2003 academic year had good category on their noun achievement through pictures and poor on their verb achievement through pictures. In general, the students' vocabulary achievement through pictures of the fifth year students of SDN Gempolan Gurah Kediri in the 2000/2003 academic year was fair. Based on the results above, the English teacher was suggested to be creative in creating pictures to teach English especially in teaching vocabulary. The teacher is able to create interesting pictures to attract the students in learning new words or new vocabularies dealing with noun and verb. Furthermore, the future researcher can apply a different research, such as the effect of using picture in series on the students' vocabulary achievement For the institution, the research result was very useful. lt was used to obtain better quality of English teaching.