Using realia to introduce concrete noun at seventh class students of SMP Kemala Bhayangkari 1 Surabaya

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Rahmah, Ely Evawati (2010) Using realia to introduce concrete noun at seventh class students of SMP Kemala Bhayangkari 1 Surabaya. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Official URL: http://digilib.uinsby.ac.id/id/eprint/21985

Abstract

Language is a tool of communication, without language people are not able to communicate each other. The existence of English as an international language has made it very important nowadays, especially to face the globalization era. Mastering English, especially as foreign language is not easy. It has component and skill that must be mastered in order to get success in English. Once of the component is vocabulary. Vocabulary is a core component of language proficiency and provides much of the basis for how well learners speak, listen, read and write. Teaching and learning vocabulary are not easy, they need a suitable way or technique during the process. Considering, there is a large number of vocabulary and it is difficult to memorize all. Based on those reasons, the writer tries to introduce a technique to learn and teach vocabulary that is called as rea1ia. Realia are subjects from real life used in classroom instruction. Not all of vocabulary can be introduced by realia. In this study is specified on concrete noun. This study is conducted in SMP Kemala Bhayangkari I Surabaya and the object is the students of seventh class. The study is done to find out the answer of two study questions are stated by the researcher: How is the implementation of realia in teaching vocabulary (concrete noun)? How can reaJia improve students' vocabulary mastery (concrete noun)? The researcher uses collaborative classroom action research to obtain infonnation concerning to the students' vocabulary mastery. The data collection techniques are through assessment, observation and questionnai re. Furthermore, all of those data are analyzed to get the result. The result of study shown that the process of learning vocabulary (concrete noun) by using realia can be implemented maximally and the students can improve their vocabulary mastery, it is showed from the students' scores that improve in every meeting. From the explanation above, the researcher makes a conclusion that realia is an appropriate technique to teach vocabulary, especially concrete noun. By using reali the students will have a correct concept in their minds about the word, so it will be easier for them to memorize a word. Realia is also interesting, it can avoid the students boredom, so they are motivated well during the teaching learning process.