A STUDY ON THE TECHNIQUES OF TEACHING ENGLISH

VOCABULARY TO CHILDREN AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

AL MUNAWARAH PLUS
PAMEKASAN

THESIS

By:
IRMA SURYANI
03360023

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2008
A STUDY ON THE TECHNIQUES OF TEACHING ENGLISH
VOCABULARY TO CHILDREN AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AL MUNAWARAH PLUS
PAMEKASAN

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requrements to

Achieve Sarjana in English Education

By:
IRMA SURYANI
03360023

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2008
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillah, all praise be to Allah the merciful and charitable because

of His guidance, blessing and affection, the writer can finish this thesis.

The writer would like to express her deepest gratitude to Umiati Jawas,

S.Pd, M. Sc. her first advisor and Soeparto, M.Pd her second advisor, for

suggestions, invaluable guidance and advice during the consolation period, and

their comments and corrections during the completion of this thesis.

Her sincere gratitude and appreciation are also extended to the students,

the teacher and the headmaster at SD Al-Munawarah Plus who had given her the

opportunity to conduct the research.

Finally, a special thank goes to her beloved father (Suharsono), her

beloved mother (Fauziyah), her brother (Agus Taufik Arrizal) , her sister in law

(Lisa, )her sister (Ines), all her big family in the Pamekasan-Madura ( Bpk. Abd.

Jumali and Ibu. Muawiyah, grandmother, cousins, aunts, nephew, ect), and her

sweet heart (Eko) for all of the motivation on materials and support. This special

thank is also extended to her close friends (Iim, Mia, Ani, Nunik, Dian fauziah,

faidah, Atiek, Fitrih, Yanti, and Dian, ect), her close friends at 03-A class, and her

new family in LA C/19 (Cieska, nopex, zmil, Wati, Widya, Wulan, and Ayu) for

their encouragement, love, care, suggestion, and prayer so that she can complete

this thesis. May Allah bless them all, Amien.

The Writer

Irma Suryani
 TABLE OF CONTENT

APPROVAL................................................................................................ i

LEGALIZATION ....................................................................................... ii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION ................................................................... iii

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................ iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .......................................................................... v

TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................................................ vi

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the study........................................... 1

1.2 Statements of the Study ............................................ 3

1.3 The Purpose of the Study.......................................... 4

1.4 Significant of the study............................................. 4

1.5 Scope and Limitation................................................ 4

1.6 Definition of Key Terms........................................... 5

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Definition of Teaching.............................................. 6

2.2 Teaching of English as a Foreign Language.............. 7

2.3 Language Study in the Elementary School................ 8

2.4 Teaching Technique in Elementary School ............... 8

2.5 Techniques of Teaching Vocabulary......................... 10

2.5.1 Vocabulary Networks...................................... 11

 2.5.2 Guess the Words.............................................. 11

2.5.3 Guessing the Picture........................................ 12

2.5.4 A very long Sentence ....................................... 12

2.5.5 Odd Words Out................................................ 13

2.5.6 The Lost Pet .................................................... 14

2.5.7 Keeping the Rules............................................ 15

2.5.8 Colour Parsing ................................................. 16

2.5.9 Singing a Song................................................. 17

2.6 Games ...................................................................... 17

2.6.1 Bingo............................................................... 17

2.6.2 Matching Word and Picture ............................. 18

2.6.3 Memory Game................................................. 18

2.6.4 Acting Word .................................................... 18

2.6.5 Asking the Right Question............................... 18

2.7 Instruction Media of Teaching Vocabulary ............... 19

2.7.1 Still Picture...................................................... 19

2.7.2 Realia .............................................................. 19

2.7.3 Flashcards........................................................ 20

2.7.4 Puppets ............................................................ 20

2.8 Vocabulary in Learning English as a Foreign Language... 20

2.9 The Important Vocabulary ........................................ 21

2.10 The Consideration in Relation Vocabulary Mastery ...... 22

CHAPTER III RESEARCH AND METHODOLAGY

3.1 Research Design ....................................................... 23

3.2 Research Subject ...................................................... 23

3.3 Research Instrument ................................................. 23

3.3.1 Interview.......................................................... 24

3.3.2 Observation ..................................................... 25

3.4 Data Collection......................................................... 28

3.5 Data Analysis ........................................................... 29

CHAPTER IV FINDING AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Finding ........................................................................ 30

4.1.1 The Techniques of Teaching Vocabulary at

SD Al-Munawarah Plus ....................................... 30

4.1.1.1 The Finding from Interview...................... 30

4.1.1.2 The Finding from Observation.................. 35

4.1.2 The Students responses Toward the Techniques

in Teaching English Vocabulary at

SD Al-Munawarah Plus ....................................... 37

4.1.2.1 The Finding from Interview.................... 38

4.1.2.2 The Finding from Observation.................. 38

4.2 Discussion ............................................................... 39

CHAPTER V CONCLUTION AND SUGGESTION

5.1 Conclusion ............................................................... 42

5.2 Suggestion................................................................ 42

5.2.1 Suggestion for the Teacher .............................. 43

5.3. Suggestion for the Other Researchers........................ 44

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