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

Abstract

Vocabulary is one of the language component that is very important to be mastered in the teaching learning process of English language. The purpose of this research was to know whether the use of flashcards could improve the VII-E Grade Students Active Participation and Their Vocabulary Achievement at SMPN 2 Tanggul-Jember or not. The research design used was classroom action research. The research subject were determined by using purposive method. The data of this research were obtained from the students’ observation and vocabulary achievement test. The results showed that there were improvement in each cycle. In Cycle 1, the results showed that 76.4% of 36 students were actively participated in teaching learning process and 77.8% of 36 students got score 75 or more in vocabulary test. Meanwhile, the results in Cycle 2 showed that 84.7% of 36 students were actively involved in teaching learning proces and the students who got scores at least 75 were 83.3% of 36 students. 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.