Dian Wira Widiyarto, 2201410084 (2017) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH ROUND-ROBIN BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUE AND PHOTOGRAPHS AS A MEDIUM. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negri Semarang.

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Widiyarto, Dian Wira. 2016. Improving Students Vocabulary Mastery Through Round-robin Brainstorming Technique and Photograph As a Medium (An Action Research to the Seventh Grade Students of MTS NU AlMaarif Boja in Academic Year 2015/2016). Final Project, English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Semarang State University.Advisor: Seful Bahri, S. Pd., M. Pd. Keywords : Vocabulary, Round-robin, Brainstorming, photograph, Action Research. This final project is about improving students‟ vocabulary mastery through Round-robin Brainstorming and Photograph as a medium to the seventh graders of MTS NU 04 Al- Maarif Boja, academic year 2015/2016. The purposes of this study are to find out (1) how the combination of Round-robin Brainstorming technique and Photograph as a medium is applied in improving students‟ vocabulary mastery and (2) how the combination of Round-robin Brainstorming and Photograph improves students‟ vocabulary mastery. In order to achieve the objectives of this research, the researcher use action research design. The subject of this research was class 7C of MTS NU 04 AlMaarif Boja, in academic year of 2015/2016 which consisted of 36 students. There were two cycles in this research and each cycle was carried out through four steps. They were planning, acting, obseving, and reflecting. The researcher got the data from observation, test and questionnaire. Based on the data analysis, it can be seen thatthe combination of Roundrobin brainstorming and photograph can improve students‟ vocabulary mastery. It was proved by the result of students‟ achivement in the pre test and post test. In the first cycle, the students‟ average scores increased 23.04% and in the second cycle it increased 31.71%. It means that the combination of round-robin brainstorming and photograph was succesful in improving the students‟ vocabulary mastery.The students were also more enthusiatic in the learning process. Besides, the results of observation sheet and questionnaire revealed that the students gave good responses toward the use of this technique and media. From the result, the researcher concluded that the combination of roundrobin brainstorming and photograph gave a good contribution and can be used as an alternative technique and media in improving students‟ vocabulary mastery.

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