Improving Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Using Flash Cards (A Classroom Action Research At The Second Grade Of Sdn Bulakan 02, Sukoharjo In The Academic Year 2011/ 2012)

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Fery Angga Widiastuti - X2210012 - Fak. KIP

The aims of the research are to find out whether and to what extent the use of flash cards can improve students' vocabulary and to describe the strengths and the weaknesses of using flash cards to teach vocabulary. This research was conducted at SD Negeri Bulakan 02, Sukoharjo. The writer conducted a classroom action research from February to June 2012 at the second grade of SD Negeri Bulakan 02, Sukoharjo. The research subject is 34 students consisting of 19 boys and 15 girls. In conducting the classroom action research, the writer divided the action into two cycles and carried it out in four steps namely planning the action, implementation/action, observation, and reflection. The data of the research were collected by using qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques. Interview, questionnaire, and observation were the technique for getting qualitative data while a test taken before and after the cycles was the technique for getting quantitative data. The result of the research shows that the use of flash cards can improve the students‟ vocabulary mastery. There was an improvement on the mean score of the test. The mean scores improve from 56.5 in the pre test to 77.1 in the post test of cycle one and 83.7 in the post test of cycle two. This technique could make the students pay attention to the lesson properly. It also improved students‟ participation in learning vocabulary. They were not shy anymore and highly motivated to join the teaching and learning process.