Journal MELT (Medium for English Language Teaching)
Vol 3, No 2 (2018): MELT December 2018

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH MAGNETIC BOARD MEDIA

Firdayanti Firdaus (Universitas Potensi Utama)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Dec 2018

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out how the application of the Magnetic Board Media to improve students’ English vocabulary achievement. This is a Classroom Action Research which used the Kemmis & Mc. Taggart Model in two cycles. Each cycle consists of four stages: plans, actions, observations, and reflections. The subjects in this study were students of Grade IV-A of The State Elementary School No. 104202 Bandar Setia Percut Sei Tuan. The object of this study was the application of Magnetic Board Media to improve the students’ vocabulary achievement. Based on the results of the study, it was found that the percentage of completeness from pre-action, Cycle-I and Cycle-II increased. The percentage of student’s completeness in pre-action was 18%, in the Cycle-I was 53%, and in the Cycle-II was 87%. There was a significant increase 69% from pre-action to cycle-II. Thus, this study was successful and can be said that the use of the magnetic board media can improve students' vocabulary achievement, long term memory, and motivation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

MELT

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal MELT (Medium for English Language Teaching) is a scientific journal which published by English Education Study Program, University of Potensi Utama Medan. MELT Journal published twice a year in June and December. This journal is the forum for academics and researchers to share the ...