IMPROVING THE VII-E GRADE STUDENTS’ ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND THEIR VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT BY USING FLASHCARDS AT SMPN 2 TANGGUL JEMBER

Abstract

The average result of observation in the first cycle was 76.4% of 36 students were actively involved in teaching learning process. Then, the result of vocabulary test in Cycle 1 indicated that the percentage of the students who got scores at least 75 was 77.8% of 36 students. Both of the results of the students’ vocabulary achievement and the observation met the target, however it was still necessary to continue the actions to the second cycle to ensure the consistency of the result in the first cycle. The result of the actions in Cycle 2 showed the improvement. Both of the result of observation and vocabulary test in the second cycle were higher than those in the first cycle. The average result of observation in the second cycle was 84.7% of 36 students were actively involved in teaching learning process. Than, the result of vocabulary test in Cycle 2 showed that the percentage of the students who got scores at least 75 were 83.3% of 36 students. The improvementof participation improved as much as 8.3% while for vocabulary achivement improved 5.5%. Based on the research result, it could be concluded that the use of flashcards was able to improve the VII-E students’ active participation, as well as their vocabulary achievement in the teaching learning process of vocabulary. Therefore, it is suggested to the English teacher to use flashcards as alternative media to motivate the students in teaching learning process of vocabulary to improve their vocabulary achievement.