Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Khatulistiwa (JPPK)
Vol 5, No 06 (2016): Juni 2016

IMPROVING STUDENT’S VOCABULARY IN READING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT BY USING PERSONAL VOCABULARY NOTES

Rima Rafiqoh (English Education Study Program of FKIP UNTAN Pontianak)
Sofian . (English Education Study Program of FKIP UNTAN Pontianak)
Eni Rosnija (English Education Study Program of FKIP UNTAN Pontianak)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Jun 2016

Abstract

Abstract: The aim of this research is to improve students’ vocabulary especially recognizing the word meaning in reading descriptive text. This research was conducted on the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 10 Pontianak in academic year 2014/2015. In this research, the subject is class XD that consists of 9 students. The researcher conducted a classroom action research in her research and helped by the teacher during the research period. The data were collected by using direct and measurement technique. The tools of data collecting were observation checklist, field note, and test. Personal Vocabulary Notes was used as the technique in this research which is conducted the research in two cycles. The research findings showed that the mean score of students’ vocabulary test in the first cycle is 52.22 to 77.80 in the second cycle which means it successfully passed the KKM. It can be concluded that the students’ vocabulary taught by using personal vocabulary notes in reading descriptive text was improved. Keywords : Vocabulary, Personal Vocabulary Notes, Descriptive Text Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan siswa mengenal arti kata dalam bacaan teks descriptif. Penelitian ini telah dilakukan terhadap siswa kelas XD SMA N 10 Pontianak pada tahun akademik 2014/2015. Dalam penelitian ini sasaran penelitiannya adalah siswa kelas XD yang terdiri dari 9 orang siswa. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian tindakan kelas dan peneliti dibantu oleh guru bidang studi selama masa penelitian berlangsung. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan tehnik penilaian dan observasi langsung dengan menggunakan tabel pemeriksaan, catatan lapangan, dan tes. Tehnik yang digunakan adalah personal vocabulary notes dan dilaksanakan dalam 2 siklus. Hasil penelitian menunjukan skor rata-rata tes siswa pada siklus pertama adalah 52,22 menjadi 77,80 pada siklus kedua yang berarti siswa dapat melewati standar KKM. Berdasarkan hasil tersebut, dapat disimpulkan bahwa pemahaman siswa terhadap arti kata dalam bacaan teks descriptive dapat meningkat melalui pengajaran menggunakan personal vocabulary notes. Keywords : Kosakata, Personal Vocabulary Notes, Teks Descriptif

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jpdpb

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Other

Description

Journal of Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Khatulistiwa (JPPK) is a peer-reviewed journal which focuses on topics related to education and science in various teaching and learning fields. JPPK invites researchers, lecturers, teachers from various levels such as elementary and secondary levels of ...