BAYU ARKO ANGGORO, 2201406619

THE USE OF IDIOM IN NARRATIVE TEXT FOR DEVELOPING STUDENTS VOCABULARY MASTERY (A CASE STUDY OF SMK NEGERI 3 MAGELANG)

Identitas Mahasiswa - NAMA : BAYU ARKO ANGGORO - NIM : 2201406619 - PRODI : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris - JURUSAN : BAHASA & SASTRA INGGRIS - FAKULTAS : Bahasa dan Seni - EMAIL : Lysset_White pada domain Yahoo.com - PEMBIMBING 1 : Dr. Abdurachman Faridi, M.Pd. - PEMBIMBING 2 : Rini Susanti W., S.S., M.Hum. - TGL UJIAN : 2010-08-11

JudulTHE USE OF IDIOM IN NARRATIVE TEXT FOR DEVELOPING STUDENTS VOCABULARY MASTERY (A CASE STUDY OF SMK NEGERI 3 MAGELANG)

AbstrakThis study was about teaching English idiomatic expressions as a part ofvocabulary building. The reason I conducted this study was to discover whetherthe English language learners were familiar to English idiomatic expressions, tocompare the subjects’ idiom comprehension before and after this study and to findout whether the subjects wanted the English idiomatic expressions to be taught.The study was an action research. The subjects of this study were the 11thgrade students of SMK N 3 Magelang in the academic year 2009/2010. Thenumber of the subjects in this research was 35 students. At the very beginning ofthe study, I conducted a pretest to answer the first statement of the problem. Thepretest result was very poor; therefore, I conducted three cycles in order to supplythe subjects with the relevant materials. At the end of the study, I conducted apost-test. The post-test result answered the second statement of the problem. Inorder to answer the third statement of problem I asked the subjects to fill out aquestionnaire.Based on the pretest result which is 36.4, it was obvious that the firststatement of the problem showed negative answer. Based on that fact, I couldcontinue the study. The result of the three cycle’s evaluations (90.7, 91 and 86)showed a consistent result. The post test result (71.7) gave a positive answer to thesecond statement of problem. Finally, the result of the questionnaire also provideda positive answer to the third statement of problem.Based on the pretest and post-test result, I discovered that before thestudents joined the idiom based class, they English idiomatic expressions’comprehensiveness was vey poor. However, after they joined this study, theirEnglish idiomatic expressions’ understanding increased. Based on thequestionnaire, It was crystal clear the students wanted that English idiomaticexpressions to be taught. Based on this study, I suggested that English teacherscould use narrative text containing idioms as a helpful media to teach Englishidiomatic expressions.

Kata KunciIdiomatic Expressions, Narrative, Vocabulary

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