Abstract
Abstract : Vocabulary is an essential part in learning language. The teacher of SMK Sultan AgungSumber applied the vocabulary strategy in teaching English to make students learn effectively. This study is intended to explore the types, the strengths, and the weaknesses of strategyapplied by the teacher in teaching vocabulary at grade tenth of SMK Sultan AgungSumber.The research method adopted by the researchers is descriptive qualitative. The data are taken from observation and interview with the teacher and 5 students as respondents. Both observation and interview are to explore how the teacher appliesstrategies in teaching vocabulary during the learning process. The result of the study revealed that the strategies applied by the teacher to teach vocabulary includes: 1) comprehending vocabulary in details; 2) memorizing vocabulary in every meeting; 3) dictionary use; and 4) teaching vocabulary by using games. Meanwhile, for the strengths and weaknesses of each strategy, the researcher found that the most effective strategy in teaching vocabulary applied by the teacher is teaching vocabulary by using games. On the other hand, the most weaknesses vocabulary teaching strategy is memorizing vocabulary in every meeting due to the fact thatmemorizing vocabulary around 15-20 words each meeting made them easy to forget thevocabularies that they have memorized. Keywords: Teaching Strategies, Vocabulary
Highlights
Vocabulary is one of the important aspects when people learn a language
Based on the researcher’s observation, there are some teacher’s strategies in teaching vocabulary revealed, they are: (1) comprehending vocabulary in details, which consists of comprehending vocabulary through reading and translate the text and comprehending vocabulary in integrating skills; (2) memorizing vocabulary in every meeting; (3) dictionary use; and (4) teaching vocabulary by using games
Comprehending Vocabulary in Details Based on the observation at grade tenth of SMK Sultan Agung Sumber, the researcher found that vocabulary teaching strategies in the term of comprehending vocabulary in details was the major strategy applied by the teacher in the school
Summary
Vocabulary is one of the important aspects when people learn a language. Stahl (2005) asserted that vocabulary is the knowledge of words which does imply in the form of definition, and implies how that word and sentence connected one each other. Vocabulary is generically defined as the knowledge of words and word meanings. It means that, it is impossible for someone who wants to learn a foreign language such as English without mastering vocabulary. The term of vocabulary covered in language skill includes listening, speaking, reading, and writing
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