| dc.description.abstract | This research was a classroom action research. It was intended to enhance the
eighth grade students’ participation and their vocabulary achievement by using
individual pictures. The research subjects were the students of class VIII E at SMPN
3 Balung in the 2014 academic year. This class was chosen because it had the lowest
mean score of the vocabulary test. Besides that, teaching vocabulary by using
individual pictures had never been conducted. The English teacher of the eighth grade
students had employed the simple teaching activity, such as giving explanations,
doing exercises in the students’ guide book (LKS) or asking the students to memorize
the word meaning, and the teacher used the things around the class only as the media
to demonstrate and describe the material of the subject. The teacher also added that
most of the students were relatively passive in the English teaching and learning
process. The enhancement of the students’ participation and their vocabulary
achievement were analyzed quantitatively. In this research, the observation and
vocabulary test were used to get the primary data, while interview guide and
documentation were used to get the supporting data.
This research was carried out in two cycles and each cycle was done in two
meetings and one meeting for vocabulary test. Each cycle covered four stages that
included the planning of the action, the implementation of the action, classroom
observation and evaluation, and data analysis and reflection.
Based on the results of the vocabulary test, the percentage of the students who
got score ≥65 in the vocabulary test in cycle 1 was 71.4% or 25 of 35 students. It had
achieved the target success in this research that was 70%. However, the actions were
continued in cycle 2 to measure the consistency of the students’ vocabulary
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achievement. In cycle 2, the percentage of the students who got score ≥65 in the
vocabulary test in cycle 2 was 85.7% or 30 of 35 students. It means that the
percentage of the students’ vocabulary achievement enhanced from 71.4% in cycle 1
to 85.7% in cycle 2. Therefore, the success criteria of this research that was ≥65 had
been achieved, and it proved that the use of individual pictures was helpful to
enhance the students’ vocabulary achievement in teaching vocabulary.
Based on the results of the observation, the percentage of the students’
participation in cycle 1 was 54.5%. It means that the target of the success in this
research had not been achieved yet. Therefore, the observations were continued to
cycle 2. Based on the results of observation in cycle 2 showed that the percentage of
the students’ participation increased from 54.5% in cycle 1 to 77.1% in cycle 2. It
indicated that the use of individual pictures could enhance the students’ active
participation in the learning process. Thus, it is suggested to the English teachers to
use individual pictures as the media in teaching English especially in teaching
vocabulary to enhance the students’ participation and their achievement. | en_US |
