Nining Candra Wahyuni, 2201414028 (2019) THE USE OF PUPPET AND FLASHCARDS AS MEDIA IN TEACHING VOCABULARY FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (A Quasi-Experimental Study of Eighth Grade Students at SLB Negeri Ungaran and SLB Widya Bhakti in the Academic Year of 2018/2019). Under Graduates thesis, UNNES.

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Abstract

Teaching English to children with special needs is need because English is one of subject that is tested on national examination. Teaching vocabulary to children with special needs is not easy. There are some problems faced by teachers when they taught English vocabulary to the children with special needs, they did not pay attention to the teacher, and they lost their interest in English subject. Based on those reasons, this topic was chosen. This study aimed at finding (1) what extent puppet and flashcards lead the children with special needs to the vocabulary development; and (2) discuss students’ attitude towards puppet and flashcards media in learning vocabulary. According to the aim of this study, this study employed a descriptive-quantitative method. This study tried to figure out research questions by conducting some procedures such as collecting the data, analyzing the data, comparing the data, and concluding the findings. The objects of the study were students of eighth-grade of SLB Negeri Ungaran and SLB Widya Bhakti Semarang. There were four students from each school. There were two instruments; test and questionnaire. The tests were try-out, pre-test, and post-test. The results showed that the significance between post-test score of puppet group and flashcard group was 0.000 with significance 0.000 < 0.05. Furthermore, according to result of the questionnaire, students’ perceptions towards both media were positive, yet their interest in flashcard was higher than those in puppet media. Based on the findings, the flashcards media was more effective to be used in teaching vocabulary for children with special needs. For the next researcher can be more explore media in learning vocabulary for students with special needs. It is also hoped that the further research can investigate this topic with a different students of different ages and grades.

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