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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Indonesia. Generally, It is studied not only to help the students or learners to master
this language in spoken and written but also to understand the books, magazines,
newspapers and other information sources which are written in English. Students
have to study this language because it has been a part of curriculum. So that, one of
vocabulary.
In English, there are four language skills. They are listening, speaking,
reading, and writing. These skills should be taught to the learners in every level.
From basic up to the advanced level, in order that the learners could improve their
English deals with two important aspects namely: what to teach and how to teach.
The first deals with the material the teachers are going to teach and the second
concerns on the techniques approach, and method of teaching in accordance with the
materials chosen.
support other skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing. On the other
hand, the students learning English should know some words as basic foundation for
the language learning. Besides that, someone must learn about meaning of the
Because of their anemic vocabulary, they cannot communicate their ideas as clear as
they would like to and read the columns of a newspaper or popular magazines or
writing and reading abilities are in a weak position because of their limited
words. It also includes a decision which words should taught and how frequent they
are used by speaker of the language. In fact, it is usually founded that the way of
teaching makes students lazy and bored. Therefore, a teacher needs something
different to make students interested, mostly children, because they are very easy to
get bored.
can motivate his students. It is based on the characteristics and attitude of the
children that they are curious and often seeks something that the teacher notices them
and shows appreciation for what they are doing. So, to motivate them, a teacher
needs something new that can stimulate their curiosity (Richards, 2002:19).
toward a successful teaching. The researcher chose to discuss one aspect of English
teaching learning that deals with vocabulary. That is improving students’ vocabulary
by using big book. And it is hoped that the result of this investigation can help
Teaching vocabulary by using big book according to some linguists has many
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advantages. Big book is the book that has bright pictures and sturdy pages help kids
learn English or other language words for the things that are part of everyday life:
colors, shapes, numbers, their clothes, even parts of their house. It is an oversized
board book that offers basic English vocabulary (Emberley, 2008:3). Like other
teaching and learning devices, big book can make the students enjoy the learning
process. Thus, big book plays an important role in increasing students’ vocabulary.
classroom action research under the title “Implementation of Big Book in improving
Baroe)”. This research is an effort to evaluate and improve the students’ vocabulary
1. Can the fifth year students of MIN Krueng Baro improve their ability in
2. What are the advantages of using big book in teaching English vocabulary
The purposes of this research based on the problem of this research are as
follows:
1. To know if the fifth year students of MIN Krueng Baro can improve their
2. To find out the advantages of using big book in teaching English vocabulary
describing the students’ vocabulary mastering ability through big book, especially to
the fifth year students of MIN Krueng Baro. Practically, the finding of the research is
Meanwhile for the students, it is hoped that big book can enrich their vocabulary so
that they can comprehend the English text in various kinds, written or spoken.
The researcher gives the scope of this research for limiting the research focus.
The research concerns with teaching English vocabulary, especially noun, and verb
through big book. The big book used is that has interesting picture on it. The material
In this thesis, the researcher gives some explanation about a few key terms.
These key terms’ function is to make the reader understand exactly about a few
words or phrases.
1. Implementation
2. Improving
better state or quality. In this case, “improving” means to make learners able to
master English vocabulary much better by big book (The Heritage Illustrated,
1997:662)
3. Students
school, and also “student” means any person interested in a particular subject
means the persons who are studying English vocabulary at fifth grade of
Elementary School.
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4. Vocabulary
person knows or uses; all the words in a language; and all the words with their
“vocabulary” means a list of words taught by the teacher through big book.
5. Big Book
“Big book” is the book that has bright pictures and sturdy pages help kids learn
English or other language words for the things that are part of everyday life:
oversized board book that offers basic English vocabulary (Emberley, 2008:3).
In this research, big book means the material teacher used by the teacher in
teaching English vocabulary to the fifth year students of MIN Krueng Baro.
by teacher which its result can be used as a tool to improve the teaching and