Journal Resume 2 : IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY BY USING FLASH CARD AT FORTH GRADE STUDENTS IN SDN LAWANGAN DAYA 2 PAMEKASAN

Vocabulary is the basic thing that must be owned by the students in language learning. Someone can not express the idea into sentences if he or she lacks of vocabulary. When learning English language the students still have the lack of vocabulary mastery. Some of them try to memorize some words to learn new vocabulary. Sometimes they feel so bored with that kind of the technique to learn new vocabulary. Therefore, the teacher should find a good solution for this problem. In this case, the writer is use flashcards to create an interesting English class environment and to motivate the students in SDN Lawangan Daya 2 Pamekasan in learning English actively and enjoyably.

Campbell (2004:108) says “classroom environment can be more interesting if visual presented in the classroom”. She added that if a teacher can also present funny flash cards in his/her subject, the teaching will be more joyfull.

The writer applied Classroom Action Research in this study. The subjects of this study are 35 students at fourth graders of SDN Lawangan Daya 2 Pamekasan.

The result of the vocabulary test indicated the level of vocabulary achieved by the students. The number of the students are 35 students and the result of the test showed that there are 17 students got very good, 13 student got good and 5 students fail or under criteria of success. In other words, there were 48% students got very good, 37% students got good and 14% students got under criteria of success. The result showed that there was an improvement of the students‟ vocabulary mastery when the researcher use flashcard. The result of this study also proved that the students are looked more enthusiastic, they laughed and more focus on what they learned. Moreover, the students are more active and the atmosphere of the class was conducive.

Reference: Setiyawan, A. (2015). Improving Students’ Vocabulary Mastery by Using Flashcard at Forth Grade Students in SDN Lawangan Daya 2 Pamekasan. Jurnal Pemikiran Penelitian Pendidikan dan Sains, 3(6), 83-91.