TEACHING VOCABULARY THROUGH EDMODO FOR SECOND

GRADE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

A PAPER

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for

the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in

English Language Teaching

by:

Bayu Satya Permana

1213010074

ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

WIDYA MANDALA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

SURABAYA

2016

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Teaching Vocabulary through Edmodo for the Second Grade Junior High

School Students

Bayu Satya Permana

Johanes Leonardi Taloko

English Departement

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya

Abstract

This paper describes about how to teach vocabulary through Edmodo. Vocabulary is a basic

for mastering the four skills. The teacher should be more creative to get students’ interest. In

learning vocabulary, the writer saw in junior high school where he did teaching practice,

students got less vocabulary mastery and less motivation. In this paper, the writer tried to

make learning activity more interesting by using Edmodo. By combining with Direct Method,

the writer tried to teach vocabulary in Edmodo. It was easy to use because Edmodo look

similar with Facebook. His students were very excited when they learned through Edmodo.

Most of students use internet in their daily lives and we can save paper because all of the

activities done by online. Edmodo has many advantages such as : teacher can create online

discussion, create poll, parents’ report and also post all online media. All of the activities

were monitored by the teachers, so the teachers can control what will be done in virtual class

in Edmodo. The writer suggested to all of the teachers can combine between teaching activity

and internet using. So, learning activity can be fun and interesting.

Keywords: Teaching vocabulary, Edmodo, internet-based