Teaching Vocabulary by Using Smart Cards

Abstract 

The objectives of the study are: 1) To find out the usage of Smart Cards in teaching vocabulary for the fourth year students of  SD Negeri Wonorejo 01 Demak 2) To find out what difficulties are encountered by the teacher in using the Smart Cards. 3) To find out the ways teacher can avoid the difficulties?

This is a descriptive qualitative research as the aim of the study was to describe teaching vocabulary by using Smart Cards for elementary school students. In conducting this descriptive research, the writer chose the fourth year students of SD Negeri Wonorejo 01 Demak as the population of the research. The class consisted of 40 students. In this research there was 1 variable, namely using “Smart Cards” in teaching vocabulary for fourth year students of SD Negeri Wonorejo 01 Demak. Several techniques were collected. The writer used one of the following techniques: interview, observation or the combination technique. The writer assessed some steps in organizing the observation, as follows: 1.  Defining the steps of doing observation. 2. Analyzing the teacher and the students’ activities in English teaching vocabulary. 3. Analyzing the teacher problems emerging in teaching vocabulary. 4. Analyzing the method of teaching vocabulary. 5. Analyzing the advantage of the method to the students.

In Implementing on teaching vocabulary using ‘Smart Cards’ based on KTSP, the teacher was free to look for the material that matches with characteristics of the students as long as it supports the standard competency given by the National Education Department. SD Negeri Wonorejo 01 Demak has applied teaching vocabulary based on KTSP Competency Based Curriculum by putting or having the syllabus appropriate to the curriculum and students’ need. The teaching vocabulary syllabus was complete. It contained unit, topic, language function, expressions, and activity.

The problems faced by the teacher in implementing on teaching vocabulary using Smart Cards are: The English teacher did not graduate from English educational background. He does not know how to explore his experiences in teaching English. He does not master many vocabularies does not have a certain media to teach vocabulary. He does not know about the syllabus in teaching vocabulary. He does not find the resources for teaching vocabulary. He thinks that vocabulary is important for students, but he focuses on the structure in teaching. He even doesn’t master all the vocabularies in the Smart Cards. He sometimes comes lates and finishes the lesson earlier.

Teacher’s ways to solve their problems are; he should graduate from English educational background. He can find the resources for teaching vocabulary by browsing in the internet or hunting some related books from bookstores. And the school should facilitate students with the media such as Smart Cards.

Based on the result of the study, the writer would like to offer some suggestions related to the implementation of the teaching vocabulary using SMART CARDS especially for fourth grade students of SD Negeri Wonorejo 01 Demak. 1) To English teachers: the teachers have to teach vocabulary using media. One of the appropriate media is SMART CARDS.  2) To students: the students better have the media SMART CARDS in order to study independently themselves. 3) To readers: Teaching vocabulary using SMART CARDS based on KTSP Curriculum is one of the applications in implementing the new approach. That can be applied by other English elementary teacher. 4) To writer: Teaching vocabulary using SMART CARDS based on KTSP Curriculum can be one of resources and experiences for him in order to teach English better.

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