Sofika Chandra Nilawati , 2201403685 (2009) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING VOCABULARY BY USING PUPPET AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (The Case study of the Fourth Graders of SDN Leteh II Rembang in the Academic Year of 2007/2008). Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

This final project is an action research. In this study, I limit the discussion by stating the following problem: “How is the students’ achievement in learning English vocabulary by using a puppet?” The aims of the research is to find out whether teaching vocabulary using puppet is effective to improve the students’ achievement. It is expected that the result of the study can enrich the teacher’s strategy in teaching vocabulary through puppets especially for elementary school students. The subject of the study was the students of SDN Leteh II Rembang in the Academic Year 2007/2008. There were 46 students (24 boys and 22 girls). There were three steps in this action research. The first step of the activity was the pre-test. The second step of the activity was action which consisted of four activities. In the first activity, the teacher performed a puppet in front of the class. The theme of the first activity was fruits and animals. In the second activity, the teacher performed a puppet about road sign. In the third activity, the teacher performed a puppet about parts of body. In the last activity, the teacher performed a puppet about things in the classroom. The third step of the activity was giving post-test and answering questionnaire. Based on the data analysis, it can be seen that there is significant difference in the result of the students’ pre-test and post-test. The average achievement of the students’ pre-test was 56.63% and 96.19% in the post-test. The main factor affecting this improvement was the students’ interest in the puppet given. It can be proved from the questionnaire results. Therefore, it can be suggested that the use of puppet can be an alternative way to teach vocabulary, especially to improve the students’ mastery in vocabulary. This result hopefully would motivate language teachers to use a puppet in teaching English in the classroom, especially when teaching English vocabulary to elementary school students.

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