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THE VOCABULARY MASTERY

OF THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SDN SAMBUNG DEMAK

IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

TAUGHT BY USING SKILL CIRCUITS

By

TRI RISMALADEWI

NIM 200932041

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY

2014

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THE VOCABULARY MASTERY

OF THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SDN SAMBUNG DEMAK

IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

TAUGHT BY USING SKILL CIRCUITS

SKRIPSI

Presented to the Muria Kudus University

in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement

for Completing the Sarjana Program

in English Education

By

TRI RISMALADEWI

NIM 200932041

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY

2014

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO

Always be yourself and never be anyone else even if they look better than you.

Intelligence is not the determinant of success, but hard work is the real

determinant of your success.

People who never make mistakes are those who never try new things. (Albert

Einstein).

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer

yourself any direction you choose. (Dr. Seuss)

The best way out is always through. (Robert Frost).

DEDICATION

This skripsi is dedicated to:

Her beloved mother and father

Her beloved husband

Her beloved daughter, Naysa

Her sister and brother

Her best friends.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulilahirobbil’alamin. There will never be another greatest thank

except to Allah SWT, that gives the writer the best blessing in the writing process

of this final project entitled “The Vocabulary Mastery of the Fifth Grade Students

of SDN Sambung Demak in Academic Year 2013/2014 taught by Using Skill

Circuits”. So, she can finish writing the skripsi.

In completing this research the writer realized would not be able to

complete this skripsi without great support, advice, and ancouragement from some

great people around. Therefore, the writer would like to express her sincerest

gratitude to:

1. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd the Dean of Teacher Training and Education

Faculty of Muria Kudus University.

2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd the Head of English Education Department.

3. Drs. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd as the first advisor who is very helpful in

giving correction, suggestion, gives best support in writing this skripsi.

4. Titis Sulistyowati, SS, M.Pd as the second advisor who always gives best

support, contributive criticism, and motivation to the writer.

5. All of the lecturers who taught the writer during studying at the faculty as

well as possible.

6. Kusyono, S.Pd.SD, the Headmaster of SDN Sambung Demak who gives

permission to do this research, especially English teacher Mrs. Faridha

Inayati, S.Pd.

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7. All of the fifth grade students of SDN Sambung Demak in the academic year

2013/ 2014.

8. Especially her beloved parents (Mr. Kusnin and Mrs. Nurmi) thank you for

the way you have been caring her with your love and affection. Her husband

(Supriyadi) who always support her, and her beloved daughter (Naysa).

9. All of her friends in English Education Department who gives support.

There is no greatest obstacle in writing this skripsi than avoiding then

temptation of being perfect. Therefore, suggestion from the readers will be fully

appreciated and always waited. She does expect that this research will be useful

for those. Last but not least, thanks for everyone who involved infighting to make

this skripsi better.

Kudus, August 2014

The writer

Tri Rismaladewi

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ABSTRACT

Rismala, Tri. 2014. The Vocabulary Mastery of the Fifth Grade Students of SDN

Sambung Demak in Academic Year 2013/2014 taught by Using Skill

Circuits. Skripsi: English Education Department Teacher Training and

Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University. Advisor (1): Dra. Sri

Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd., (2) Titis Sulistyowati, S.S, M.Pd.

Key words: Vocabulary, Skill Circuits

English is international language used as a communication among nations

in the world. In Indonesia, as the first foreign language, English is taught from

elementary school up to University or even starts from kindergarten. English has

important role in information progress in many areas; it is used for international

trade, education, tourism, and other important international affairs. Because those

reasons English becomes one of the materials in teaching and learning in

Indonesia. One of the important components of language is called vocabulary,

because without vocabulary people can not apply language well. According to the

English teacher of SDN Sambung Demak the vocabulary mastery of the students

is still unsatisfying because it is too difficult for the students to memorize the

word in English and its meaning. When the teacher teaches vocabulary, the

teacher gives a sentence and asks the students to find the meaning of each word

by using dictionary and then memorize the whole words. In this study, skill

circuits is chosen as a technique for teaching vocabulary. Skill circuits is a

competitive group activity in which learners work in groups of 3 or 4 and move

around the classroom so that it will be easier for the students to understand the

material that given by the teacher. The limitation of the material that use in this

research is professions and transportations that based on the syllabus.

The objective of this research is to find out whether or not there is a

significant difference between the Vocabulary Mastery of the Fifth Grade

Students of SDN Sambung Demak in Academic Year 2013/2014 before and after

being taught by Using Skill Circuit.

Design of this research is an experimental research. This research

conducted at SDN Sambung Demak. The subject of this research is the whole of

fifth grade students of SDN Sambung Demak in academic year 2013/2014. The

writer used test (pretest-posttest) with 20 multiple choice items as instrument of

the research.

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From the result of calculating of the pre test data, it can be known that the

result of the mean score of pre test is 67,06 and standard deviation is 13,7. The

writer also found the highest score is 85 and the lowest score is 30. It can be said

that the vocabulary mastery of the fifth grade students of SDN Sambung Demak

before being taught by using Skill Circuits is categorized fair. Meanwhile the

result of the mean score of post test is 80,83 and standard deviation is 13,1. The

writer also found the highest score of post test data is 100 and the lowest score is

55. Based on the result of mean score of post-test, it can be said that the

vocabulary mastery of the fifth grade students of SDN Sambung Demak after

being taught by using Skill Circuits is categorized good. Based on the result of

calculating data of t-test, the writer found t-observation 11.55 while t-

table 2.042 with level of significant 0.05 and degree of freedom (df) 42.

Moreover the calculation of t-observation was higher than t-table in level of

significance 5%. It means there is a significance difference between the

vocabulary mastery of the fifth grade students of SDN Sambung Demak in

academic year 2013/2014 before and after being taught by using Skill Circuits.

Based on the result above, the writer suggested that the English teacher is

expected can use Skill Circuits as an alternative technique to teach vocabulary to

the students. The teachers are suggested to use Skill Circuits as one of technique

to stimulate the students’ learning spirit and interest in teaching learning process.

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ABSTRAKSI

Rismala, Tri. 2014. Penguasaan Kosakata Para Siswa Kelas Lima SDN Sambung

Demak Tahun Ajaran 2013/2014 yang Diajar Menggunakan Teknik Skill

Circuits. Skripsi: Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas

Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus. Dosen

Pembimbing (1): Dra. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd., (2) Titis

Sulistyowati, S.S, M.Pd.

Kata Kunci: Kosakata, Skill Circuits

Bahasa Inggris adalah bahasa internasional yang digunakan sebagai

komunikasi anatar negara-negara di dunia. Di Indonesia, sebagai bahasa asing

pertama, Bahasa Inggris diajarkan dari sekolah dasar sampai perguruan tinggi atau

bahkan dimulai dari taman kanak-kanak. Bahasa Inggris mempunyai pengaruh

penting di kemajuan informasi diberbagai hal; Bahasa Inggris digunakan untuk

perdagangan internasional, pendidikan, pariwisata, dan hubungan internasional

yang penting lainnya. Karena alas an alas an tersebut Bahasa Inggris menjadi

salah satu materi dalam proses belajar mengajar di Indonesia. Salah satu

komponen penting dari bahasa adalah kosakata, karena tanpa kosakata orang idak

bisa menggunakan bahasa dengan baik. Menurut guru bahasa Inggris di SDN

Sambung Demak penguasaan kosakata siswa masih belum memuaskan karena

bahasa Inggris terlalu sulit bagi siswa untuk mengingat kata dalam bahasa Inggris

dan artinya. Ketika guru mengajarkan kosakata, guru memberikan kalimat dan

meminta siswa untuk mencari arti setiap kata menggunakan kamus kemudian

menghafal seluruh kata. Dalam pembahasan ini, skill circuits dipilih sebagai

teknik pembelajaran kosakata. Skill circuits adalah aktifitas kelompok yang

berkompetesi dimana siswa bekerja berkelompok terdiri dari 3 atau 4 siswa dan

bergerak di ruangan kelas sehingga itu akan memudahkan siswa untuk memahami

materi yang diberikan oleh guru. Batasan materi yang di gunakan dalam

pembahasan ini adalah profesi dan transportasi yang berdasarkan silabus.

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada atau tidak

perbedaan yang signifikan anatara pengetahuan kosakata para siswa kelas lima

SDN Sambung Demak tahun ajaran 2013/2014 sebelum dan sesudah diajar

menggunakan Skill Circuits.

Desain penelitian ini adalah sebuah penelitian eksperimen. Penelitian ini

dilaksanakan di SDN Sambung Demak. Subyek dari penelitian adalah seluruh

siswa kelas lima SDN Sambung Demak tahun ajaran 2013/2014. Penulis

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menggunakan tes(tes sebelum dan tes sesudah) dengan soal 20 pilihan ganda

sebagai instrument penelitian.

Dari hasil pengitungan dari data sebelum tes, dapat diketahui bahwa hasil

dari nilai rata-rata sebelum tes adalah 67,06 dan standar deviasi adalah 13,7.

penulis juga menemukan nilai tertinggi yaitu 85 dan nilai terendah adalah 30.

Dapat dikatakan bahwa penguasaan kosakata siswa kelas lima SDN Sambung

Demak sebelum diajar menggunakan Skill Circuits dikategorikan cukup.

Sedangkan hasil dari nilai rata-rata setelah tes adalah 80,83 dan deviasi standar

adalah 13,1. penulis juga menemukan nilai tertinggi yaitu 100 dan nilai terendah

55. Berdasarkan hasil nilai rata-rata setelah tes, dapat dikatakan bahwa

penguasaan kosakata siswa kelas lima SDN Sambung Demak setelah diajar

menggunakan Skill Circuits dikategorikan baik. Berdasarkan penghitungan data t-

tes, penulis menemukan t-observasi 11.55 sedangkan t-table 2.042

dengan tingkat signifikan 0.05. lebih dari itu penghitungan dari t-observasi lebih

tinggi daripada t-table dalam tingkat signifikan 5%. Ini bermakna bahwa ada

perbedaan yang signifikan antara pengetahuan kosakata siswa kelas lima SDN

Sambung Demak tahun ajaran 2013/2014 sebelum dan sesudah diajar

menggunakan Skill Circuits.

Berdasarkan dari data diatas, penulis menyarankan agar guru bahasa Inggris

dapat menggunakan skill Circuits sebagai teknik alterntif untuk mengajar

kosakata pada siswa. Guru disarankan menggunakan skill Circuits sebagai salah

satu teknik mengajar untuk merangsang semangat belajar siswa dan ketertarikan

dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

COVER……………………………………………………………………… i

LOGO……...………………………………………………………………… ii

TITLE………………………………………………………………………… iii

MOTO AND DEDICATION………………………………………………... iv

ADVISORS’ APPROVAL …………………………………………………. v

EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL………………………………………………… vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………… vii

ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………….. ix

TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………………………………………...... xiii

LIST OF TABLES…………………………………………………………… xvi

LIST OF FIGURES………………………………………………………….. xvii

LIST OF APPENDICES…….………………………………………………. xviii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Research................................................................. 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem ..................................................................... 3

1.3 Objective of the Research..................................................................... 4

1.4 Significance of the Research ................................................................ 4

1.5 Scope of the Research .......................................................................... 4

1.6 Operational Definition .......................................................................... 5

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND HYPOTHESIS

2.1 Teaching English in SDN Sambung Demak ........................................ 6

2.1.1 The Curriculum of Teaching English in SDN Sambung Demak ......... 7

2.1.2 The Purpose of Teaching English in SDN Sambung Demak ………… 8

2.1.3 The Material of Teaching English in SDN Sambung Demak... ............. 9

2.1.4 The Method of Teaching English in SDN Sambung Demak ............... 9

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2.2 The Definition of English Vocabulary ................................................. 10

2.2.1 Kinds of English Vocabulary ............................................................... 11

2.3 Skill Circuits as a Technique of Teaching............................................ 12

2.3.1 The Advantages of Skill Circuits ......................................................... 12

2.3.2 The Procedure of Teaching vocabulary by Using Skill Circuits.......... 13

2.4 Review of Previous Research ............................................................... 15

2.5 Theoretical Framework ........................................................................ 16

2.6 Hypothesis ............................................................................................ 18

CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH

3.1 Design of the Research ......................................................................... 19

3.2 Subject of the Research ........................................................................ 20

3.3 Instrument of the Research ................................................................... 21

3.4 Data Collection ..................................................................................... 24

3.5 Technique of Analysis Data ................................................................. 25

CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH

4.1 Research Finding ................................................................................. 27

4.1.1 The Vocabulary Mastery of the Fifth grade Students of SDN

Sambung Demak in Academic Year 2013/2014 before being taught

by Using Skill circuits ......................................................................... 27

4.1.2 The Vocabulary Mastery of the Fifth grade Students of SDN

Sambung Demak in Academic Year 2013/2014 after being taught

by Using Skill circuits ......................................................................... 30

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4.2 Hypothesis Testing .............................................................................. 32

CHAPTER V DISCUSSION ........................................................................ 35

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

6.1 Conclusion ……………………………………………………………… 38

6.2 Suggestions ………………………………..……………………………. 39

REFERENCES…..………………………………………………………….. 40

APPENDICES…..…………………………………………………………... 41

STATEMENT……………………………………………………………….

CURRICULUM VITAE……………………………………....................... 105

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LIST OF TABLES

Table

1.1 The Final Test Score of the Fifth Grade Students of SDN Sambung

Demak in Academic Year 2013/2014 …………………………..........

3.3 Table of Interpretation of Reliability ……………………………….....

3.5. The criteria of Vocabulary Mastery ………………………………......

4.1 The Score of the Vocabulary Mastery of the Fifth Grade Students of

SDN Sambung Demak in Academic Year 2013/2014 before being

Taught by Using Skill Circuits……………........................................

4.2 The Frequency Distribution of the Vocabulary Mastery of SDN

Sambung Demak in Academic Year 2013/2014 before being taught

by Using Skill Circuits………………………….................................

4.3 The Score of the Vocabulary Mastery of the fifth grade students of

SDN Sambung Demak in Academic Year 2013/2014 after being

taught by Using Skill Circuits ........................................................

4.4 The Frequency Distribution of the Vocabulary Mastery of SDN

Sambung Demak in Academic Year 2013/2014 after being taught by

Using Skill Circuits............................................................................

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LIST OF FIGURE

Figure

2.1 The Diagram of Theoretical framework……………………………….

3.1 Experiment Design using Pre-test and Post-test……………………….

4.1 The Bar-Diagram of the Score of Vocabulary Mastery of the Fifth

Grade Students of SDN Sambung Demak in Academic Year

2013/2014 before being Taught by Using Skill Circuits………………

4.2 The Bar-Diagram of the Score of Vocabulary Mastery of the Fifth

Grade Students of SDN Sambung Demak in Academic Year

2013/2014 after being Taught by Using Skill Circuits………..............

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix

1. Syllabus ........................................................................................................... 41

2. Lesson Plan .................................................................................................... 48

3. The Materials for the First Meeting until Sixth Meeting ................................ 60

4. Answer Sheet for the Students ........................................................................ 73

5. The Table Specification for the English Vocabulary Mastery Test Item

for the Fifth Grade Students of SDN sambung Demak………………........... 85

6. Test of the Vocabulary for the Students .......................................................... 86

7. Key Answer of the Vocabulary Test ............................................................... 88

8. The Score of Try Out Test of the Fifth Grade Students of SDN 3

Undaan Tengah Kudus in academic Year 20131/2014 ................................... 89

9. The Table of Reliability of Try Out of the Fifth Grade Students of SDN

3 Undaan Tengah Kudus in academic Year 20131/2014 ................................ 90

10. The Calculation of Try Out of the Vocabulary Mastery of the Fifth

Grade Students of SDN 3 Undaan Tengah Kudus in Academic Year

2013/2014 ........................................................................................................ 91

11. The Score of Pretest of the Vocabulary Mastery of the Fifth Grade

Students of SDN Sambung Demak in Academic Year 2013/2014 before

being Taught by Using Skill Circuits .............................................................. 93

12. The Calculation Mean and Standard Deviation of the Vocabulary Mastery

of the Fifth Grade Students of SDN Sambung Demak in Academic Year

2013/2014 before being Taught by Using Skill Circuits ................................ 94

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13. The Score of Posttest of the Vocabulary Mastery of the Fifth Grade

Students of SDN Sambung Demak in Academic Year 2013/2014 after

being Taught by Using Skill Circuits ............................................................ 97

14. The Calculation Mean and Standard Deviation of the Vocabulary Mastery

of the Fifth Grade Students of SDN Sambung Demak in Academic Year

2013/2014 after being Taught by Using Skill Circuits ................................. 98

15. The T-test of Means of Pretest and Posttest of the Vocabulary Mastery of

the Fifth Grade Students of SDN Sambung Demak in Academic Year

2013/2014 After being Taught by Using Skill Circuits ................................ 101

16. The Value of T-Table for Any Number Degree of Freedom ........................ 104