CHAPTER
I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 General Background of the Study
English
is an international language, which is used by many people all over the world
to communicate among nations either in spoken and written interaction. Thus, it
is not surprising that the teaching of English is carried out in many parts of
the world. Seeing that English is an
international language, our government has stipulated that English becomes the
first foreign language in Indonesia, so English has been given more special
attention. Nowadays, we can see that English is not only taught at Junior High
School, Senior High School and Vocational School, but also at Elementary School
as a local content. This is a new step for the national education in Indonesia
(Depdiknas, 2004: 1).
The
function of teaching English in
Elementary School is to introduce English as the first foreign language
to Elementary School students in order to be able to communicate in simple
English. By studying English, the students are expected to have a mean to
develop their knowledge of science, technology and culture so that they can
grow up with Indonesian personality. Later, hopefully, the pupils are able to
support the development of tourism (Depdiknas, 2004: 1).
In
the Basic Course Outline of English as A Local Content Course of Study at
Elementary School 2004 explains that as a local content subject, English is
taught to pupils of first grade to sixth grade. The aim of teaching English in
the Elementary School is to motivate
them to be ready and self-confident in learning English at higher level of
education. The material consist of
spelling, listening, vocabulary, writing, reading and functional skills as the
basis to get simple language skill.
Vocabulary
is one of the English components, which has to be mastered and acquired by
students in learning a new language.
Allen (1983: 5) gives one reason for the
emphasis on vocabulary in English learning:
“Scholars are taking a new interest in the study of the world meaning. A
number to research studies recently dealt with lexical problems (problems
related to world). Through research the scholar are finding that the lexical
problems frequently interfere with communication, communications break down
when people do not use the right word. Such
discoveries by scholars do not surprise
classroom teachers. Teachers have never doubted the value of learning
vocabulary.
They
know communication stop when learners lack the necessary word.” Using Allen’s (1983: 5) argument above as a
starting point, it can be argued that vocabulary is a salient part of today’s
2004 curriculum since the curriculum has been used. Vocabulary it self consists
of several parts of speech they are noun, verb, adjective, and adverb. From
these kinds of vocabulary, the first that students need to know is noun
(Marcella Frank, 1972:6). Noun refers to
a word used to name or identify any of class of things or objects, people, places
or ideas, or a particular one of these (Hornby, 1974: 574).
In
this study, the writer teaches noun or names of object to the Elementary School
students, since it is suitable with the
curriculum of Elementary School, which?????????????
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