Abstract
Vocabulary is the key for the learners’ language change in learning as a foreign language including English. However, Indonesian students still have problems in vocabulary building, particularly to memorize meaning of new words. This fact implies that they need effective ways to learn vocabulary. It would be more beneficial to use an effective vocabulary teaching technique to help the students in upgrading their vocabulary mastery. The use of relevant media in teaching vocabulary will also boost student’s motivation. The aim of this study was to reveal how Line Webtoon comic can be used to teach vocabulary, the student’s vocabulary mastery, and the student’s responses toward the use of Webtoon comic. The participants in this study were ninth-grade students and their English teacher. This research applied qualitative design. The data was gathered through observation during online learning in Google Classroom, student’s task and the interview process. Based on the data, the process of using Line Webtoon for ninth graders was successfully upgraded the students’ vocabulary mastery and motivation to read through online comic. It also showed that the students were interested to read because Webtoon consisted of many pictures and they were able to get many new words by using online media.
Highlights
Vocabulary has an important role in the EFL classroom, especially in the reading activity Nam (2010)
The subjects of the study were an English teacher and 32 ninth-grade students from Gresik, East Java. The researcher observed these subjects in order to find out how the teacher used Line Webtoon comic which can help the students to upgrade their vocabulary mastery in learning English
Webtoon Comic Strips in online learning to teach vocabulary for ninth graders helped to improve their vocabulary mastery by finding many unfamiliar word in every episode of “A Budgie’s Life” story which gave positive effect to the students’ reading
Summary
Vocabulary has an important role in the EFL classroom, especially in the reading activity Nam (2010). Eventhough vocabulary is the key for learners’ language change, this language component is still being forgotten by some teachers in the classroom. Since vocabulary is not listed as one of the four skills in English, some teachers do not devote enough time to focus in it. It means that vocabulary takes an important role in English. If the students only have a few of vocabularies, they will not be able to deliver their ideas to say, write, and to read in English. Vocabulary problem might reduce the students’ opportunity to undergo experiences that can develop their ability in using English
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