IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH FLASHCARD MEDIA AT THE EIGHT GRADE

Students' Vocabulary Mastery Through Flashcard Media

Abstract

The problem of this study was the students’ vocabulary 

mastery was still low. The research objective of the research to 

find out whether flashcards can improve students’ vocabulary 

mastery at the eight grade of Mts. Raudlatus Syabab. The 

research used Classroom Action Research (CAR). The research

design was a collaborative classroom action research. The 

participants of this research were the students 8C of Mts. 

Raudlatus Syabab, which consists of 26 students. The research 

was carried out in two cycle, which consisted of planning, 

implementing, observing, and reflecting. Data collecting 

techniques used in this research were preliminary-test and post-

test, observation sheet and interview. This research used content 

validity, which involved the English teacher, the researcher 

conducted two tests for the students and determined the criteria 

of success. The minimum score determined by the researcher to 

reach the criteria of success is 75 was equal to or higher than 65% 

of total students in this research. The result of this research 

showed that: the students could not pronounce the word 

correctly and fluently with different subject matter and treatment 

in cycle 2, and the average students score is 73%. It can be 

concluded that flashcards media can improve students’ 

vocabulary mastery.The problem of this study was the students’ vocabulary
mastery was still low. The research objective of the research to
find out whether flashcards can improve students’ vocabulary
mastery at the eight grade of Mts. Raudlatus Syabab. The
research used Classroom Action Research (CAR). The research
design was a collaborative classroom action research. The
participants of this research were the students 8C of Mts.
Raudlatus Syabab, which consists of 26 students. The research
was carried out in two cycle, which consisted of planning,
implementing, observing, and reflecting. Data collecting
techniques used in this research were preliminary-test and post-
test, observation sheet and interview. This research used content
validity, which involved the English teacher, the researcher
conducted two tests for the students and determined the criteria
of success. The minimum score determined by the researcher to
reach the criteria of success is 75 was equal to or higher than 65%
of total students in this research. The result of this research
showed that: the students could not pronounce the word
correctly and fluently with different subject matter and treatment
in cycle 2, and the average students score is 73%. It can be
concluded that flashcards media can improve students’
vocabulary mastery.