Improving Students’ Vocabulary Achievement Through What Comes Next Technique

Abstract

Vocabulary is one of the important aspects to master a language. However, in SMA Tahfizul Qur’an Labbaik, vocabulary becomes an issue because most of the students are lack of vocabulary. Most of the students seem confused every time they want to speak in English directly in the classroom because they do not know the vocabulary. Therefore, as one of the English teachers on that school, the writer really wanted to solve this issue. In order to solve the problem, the writer chose What Comes Next technique (WCNT) to teach vocabulary. This study was set out in order to know how the implementation of What Comes Next technique improve students’ vocabulary to the twelfth-grade male students of SMA Tahfizul Qur’an Labbaik Pontianak in the academic year 2020/2021. This study was conducted in Classroom Action Research (CAR) in three cycles. The research subjects in this study were twenty twelfth grade male students. In collecting the data, the writer used field note, observation checklist, and students’ vocabulary test. The findings showed that using What Comes Next technique helped the students improve their vocabulary. Furthermore, using the What Comes Next technique also boosted the students' motivation. Students' enthusiasm and activity rates were also improved as a result of the technique. All of these things can be seen after each cycle. In summary, the writer absolutely recommends other English teachers to apply What Comes Next technique as one of various techniques in their teaching process, especially in teaching vocabulary and action verbs.Keywords: What Comes Next; teaching technique; vocabulary; action verbs; classroom action research