Strategy In Teaching Vocabulary

Teaching Vocabulary

CHAPTER I

PREMINARY

A.    Background

English is an international language. It can help us to communicate to foreigners. It can also help us to looking for a job, because now some company need an employee who is able to speak English.Being able to speak English or understand English speaker doesn’t mean that you have to mastering grammar. It is actually important, but the most important thing is the vocabulary knowledge.

Lately, there were a news said that the curriculum in Indonesia will be changed. The new minister, NadiemMakarim said that English lesson will be deleted for high school curriculum. English lesson will be taught in elementary school only. English lesson here means the ability to speak not the grammar. If this curriculum is implemented, ready or not elementary school teacher are required to have English language skill. At least, they are able to speak in English in order that they can teach the students. But, they won’t be able to speak if they know nothing about vocabulary.

Wilkins said that “without grammar, little can be conveyed, without vocabulary, nothing can be conveyed”. The statement show how important vocabulary is in learning English. So in this paper, there will be an explanation about the purpose of learning vocabulary and the strategy in teaching vocabulary.

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Belakangan, adaberita yang mengatakanbahwakurikulum di Indonesia akandiganti. MenteriPendidikan yang baru, NadiemMakarimmengatakanbahwapelajaranbahasaInggrisakandihilangkan di SMA dan SMP. PelajaranbahasaInggrishanyaakandiajarkan di SD. Bahasainggrisdalamhaliniartinyakemampuanuntukberbicara, bukankemampuantatabahasa. Apabilakurikuluminidiberlakukan, siapatautidak guru SD diharuskanuntukmemilikikemampuanberbahasaInggris.Setidaknya, merekabisaberbicaradalambahasaInggris.Tetapi,merekatidakakanbisaberbicaraapabilamerekatidakmengetahuitentangkosakata.

Wilkins mengatakanbahwa “tanpa grammar, sedikit yang bisadiungkapkan, tanpakosakata, tidakada yang bisadiungkapkan”.PendapattersebutmenunjukkanpentingnyakosakatadalambelajarbahasaInggris.Dalammakalahini, akandijelaskantentangtujuanmempelajarikosakatadanstrategidalammengajarkankosakata.

B.     Formula for Problems

1.      What does vocabulary mean?

Apapengertiankosakata?

2.      What is the purpose of learning vocabulary?

Apatujuandalammempelajarikosakata?

3.      What is the obstacle in teaching vocabulary?

Apatantangandalammengajarkankosakata?

4.      What is the strategy in teaching vocabulary?

Apastrategi yang digunakandalammengajarkankosakata?

C.     Purpose

1.      To find out the meaning of vocabulary.

Untukmengetahuipengertiankosakata.

2.      To find out the purpose of learning vocabulary.

Untukmengetahuitujuandalammempelajarikosakata.

3.      To find out the obstacle in teaching vocabulary.

Untukmengetahuitantangandalammengajarkankosakata.

4.      To find out the strategy in teaching vocabulary.

Untukmengetahuistrategi yang digunakandalammengajarkosakata.

BAB II

DISCUSSION

A.    What is Vocabulary?

Vocabulary is a collection of words that are known by someone or are part of a particular language. Vocabulary is a collection of words that really important to know and usually arranged to make a sentence. A person’s knowledge of vocabulary is generally considered as a picture of his/her intelligence or education level.

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B.     The Purpose of Learning Vocabulary

1.      Reading comprehension, the purpose of learning vocabulary in reading comprehension is to understand the literature. You have to know the meaning of the words to know what the text is talking about.

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2.      Writing skill, the purpose of learning vocabulary in writing skill is to help you writing a sentence or a text in English. You won’t be able to write if you don’t know vocabulary.The spelling of a word is also important here.

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3.      Speaking skill, the purpose is to help you convey something. If you want to talk to other person, vocabulary is really needed. You won’t be able to speak if you know nothing about vocabulary. “Without grammar, little can be conveyed, without vocabulary, nothing can be conveyed” Wilkins said.

Kemampuanberbicara, tujuanmempelajarikosakataadalahuntukmembatuAndamengungkapkansesuatu.ApabilaAndainginberbicarakepada orang lain, kosakatasangatlahdibutuhkan. AndatidakakanbisaberbicarajikaAndatidaktahutentangkosakata. “tanpa grammar, sedikit yang bisadiungkapkan, tanpakosakata, tidakada yang bisadiungkapkan” kata Wilkins.

4.      Listening skill, the purpose is to know what the speaker said. You won’t be able to know what the speaker is talking about if you know nothing about vocabulary. Pronunciation is also important because it’s different from the spelling.

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So it can be conclude that vocabulary knowledge is very important for language skill. Without knowing vocabulary, you can’t improve your language skill.

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C.    The Obstacle in Teaching Vocabulary

1.      Student’s laziness

Student’s laziness was one of the complex problems faced by the teacher, because this problem came from student itself. But, the teacher couldn’t impose the student to be diligent directly. The teacher had to find the problem solve that could make the student became diligent by their self.

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2.      The motivation of the student

The student sometimes felt enthusiastic to study, but they also felt bored in the teaching learning process. So, the duty of the teacher is to create a fun way in teaching so the student will be excited in learning.

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3.      The negative impact of technology

The student sometimes disturbed by their smartphone when they are learning. When the phone ringing, they will lose their focus and play the phone all the time.

Siswakadangtergangguolehponselmerekaketikamerekabelajar.Ketikaponselberdering, merekaakankehilangankonsentrasidanmemakaiponselsetiapsaat.

D.    The Strategy in Teaching Vocabulary

Every student has different way to learn. So here are some strategies that can be used in teaching vocabulary.

Setiapsiswamemilikicaraberbedadalambelajar. Berikutadalahbeberapastrategi yang bisadigunakanuntukmengajarkosakata.

1.      Games

A game is an activity with rules, a goal, and a sense of pleasure. The most important reasons for using games is that it’s enjoyable for both student and teacher. It can also make the classroom atmosphere more colorful and the student won’t feel bored so the lesson will easier to understand. Example, the teacher demonstrates an occupation and the student asked to guess what occupation it is.

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2.      Reading

The student can improve their vocabulary knowledge by read their favorite book. The more books they read, the more vocabulary they know. Example, the teacher gives an assignment to read students’ favoritebook and retell it in front of the class.

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3.      Watching a movie

Teacher can play a movie in the class and watch it together with the students. The movie should be easy to understand and not complicated, so that the students will enjoy it. By watching a movie the student will get new vocabulary by listening.

Guru memutarkansebuah film di kelasdanmenonton film tersebutbersamaparasiswa. Film tersebutsebaiknya film yang gampangdimengertidantidakrumit, agar parasiswamenikmatinya.Denganmenonton film, parasiswaakanmendapatkosakatabarudenganmendengarkan.

4.      Sing or listen to a song

The teacher can play a song and sing it together with the students. This can make the class atmosphere more cheerful and fun. A song can make the students feel happy and doesn’t feel bored. By repeating the song, the students will memorize it and it will improve their vocabulary knowledge.

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5.      Making a note

The teacher should write in a small paper the name of every object in the class in English. Example, the teacher writes in a small note and sticks it to the object. So every time the students see the object, they will know the English name of it and sooner or later they will memorize it.

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6.      Synonym and antonym

In this strategy, the teacher asks the students to find out the synonym and the antonym of a word. Example, the synonym of large is enormous and the antonym is small.

Dengancaraini, guru memintaparasiswauntukmenemukansinonimdanantonimdarisebuah kata. Contohnya, sinonimdarilargeadalahenormousdanantonimnyaadalahsmall.

7.      Fill in the blank

In this strategy, the teacher provided the students with an incomplete text and asked the students to complete the text by selecting the words that have been provided.

Dengancaraini, guru menyediakanbacaan yang tidaklengkapuntuksiswadanmemintamerekauntukmelengkapibacaantersebutdenganmemilih kata yang telahdisediakan.

CHAPTER III

CLOSING

A.    Conclusion

Vocabulary is really important to learn. Without grammar, little can be conveyed, but without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed. Even though you are mastering grammar, it will useless if your vocabulary is zero. Every student has their own way to learn, so use the right method or strategy in teaching vocabulary.

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B.     Suggestion

Besides vocabulary, there are a lot of materials that have to be learnt to master in English. Vocabulary is the start of this lesson. So after reading this paper, we hope that you can continue your study and enjoy all the process.

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