Abstract:
This classroom action research was aimed to study the students’
vocabulary mastery for the first year students at SMPN 2 Kuantan Hilir by
implementing video as a media. Teaching vocabulary must be easy and enjoyable
for the students. It is intended so the students easy to keep the new words in their
mind. One of the ways to learn or teach vocabulary is through video, which is
more attractive and appealling to the foreign language learners than the
traditional textbook. This research is based on the research question it focusing:
Can the application of the video increase the vocabulary mastery of the first year
students of SMPN 2 Kuantan Hilir? The results of data analysis revealed that
using video could facilitate students’ vocabulary mastery. This study was
conducted in two cycles of classroom treatment, each one cycle consists of four
stages; Plannning, Action, Observation, and Reflection. The researcher took one
class as participants of the study. They were 25 students in class VII
2
of SMPN 2
Kuantan Hilir. The data were analyzed by comparing the result of post test 1 and
post test 2 and the minimum criteria of successful action (65). The average score
of the first cycle was (62,8), it means that the average score of first cycle was still
below the minimum criteria of successful action (65). After two cycles, the post
test 2 was given to the students in order to know the improvement of students’
vocabulary mastery after using video as a media. The result of average of post
test 2 was 70,7. It can be said that the result of research in post test 2 was
succesful because it was over than the minimum criteria of succesful. Moreover,
the students’s activeness during the teaching and learning process also improved
cycle by cycle. Finally, the researcher got the conclusion that the application of
video as a media in learning vocabulary could increase the students’ vocabualry
mastery. Using video helped the students to memorize the target words, the
students also seemed to be able understand the words easily.
