Enhancing the Eighth Grade Students’ Participation and Their Vocabulary Achievement by Using Individual Pictures at SMPN 3 Balung

Abstract

This research was classroom action research with cycle model. It was intended to enhance the eighth grade students’ participation and their vocabulary achievement by using individual pictures at SMPN 3 Balung. The primary data of this research were obtained from the students’ scores of vocabulary test and the observation on the students’ participation during the teaching and learning process. The data were analyzed by describing the percentage of the students who achieved the minimum score requirement. The results of this research showed that the student participated actively during the teaching and learning process. The students’ vocabulary achievement also increased from 71,4% in the first cycle to 85,7% in the second cycle. That means that individual pictures could enhance the eighth grade students’ participation and their vocabulary achievement in the vocabulary teaching and learning process at SMPN 3 Balung.