Author (Penulis)

Endang Setiyowati
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

14.1.01.08.0052P

Abstract

Abstract Endang Setiyowati: Teaching Vocabulary Using Pictures to the Seventh Grade Deaf Students at SMPLB Dharma Wanita Grogol Kediri in Academic 2014/2015, English Department, The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Nusantara PGRI Kediri University, 2015. Key word: teaching vocabulary, picture, deaf students. This research is done because of the researcher’s experience in teaching English especially teaching vocabulary to the deaf students. The researcher found the students were difficult in learning vocabulary so they were confused. The behaviour of the deaf students in teaching learning process were bored and passive, therefore teaching vocabulary was not interesting. Teaching vocabulary is a process of transforming knowledge about words, new words, and words meaning. Teaching vocabulary should use some methods and strategy to apply and develop the students’ vocabulary, especially to the deaf student who is poor in word-knowledge, confused in language, and difficult in learning. The students have to speak orally and / or sign it, to read silently, and to write down even they do not understand the meaning of words. This research is aimed to describe that teaching vocabulary by using pictures is interesting to the deaf students, to describe how the teacher teaches it, and to mention the advantages of teaching vocabulary by using pictures to the deaf students. The researcher used describtive qualitative. The data were collected in the form of words rather than statistics through observation, interview, questionnaire and documentation. The researcher focussed on the teaching vocabulary using pictures to the seventh grade deaf students at SMPLB Dharma Wanita Grogol Kediri. The observation was done during process of teaching learning, to knew the behaviour of the students, the interview was done face to face with the senior teacher of the school, and at the last, the deaf students did the questionnaire. Based on the findings of the research, it has proved that teaching vocabulary by using pictures can improve the students’s comprehension and to develop the behaviour of the students, so the process of teaching learning is successful. Then, the result of interview is satisfied, the senior teacher gave good respond. Finally, the result of questionnaire is better than before the research. Thus, the researcher concludes that teaching vocabulary by using pictures is suitable for the seventh grade deaf students at SMPLB Dharma Wanita Grogol Kediri, because it has some advantages, beside that the deaf students feel interested. In short, teaching vocabulary is like playing and studying.

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Reference

PUBLISHED

2017-02-14

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

ISSUE

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