IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY OF GRADE VII STUDENTS ATSMP NEGERI 19 PALU THROUGH WORD WALL

Sep 28, 2026

This classroom action research aims to improve Grade VII students' vocabulary mastery at SMP Negeri 19 Palu by using word wall. The study adopts four phases—planning, implementation, observation, and reflection—across two cycles. Cycle 1 includes three meetings, while Cycle 2 includes two meetings, with 20 students as subjects. Individual vocabulary tests assess mastery with success criteria of 72 individually and 75% classically. Cycle 1 reaches 60.00% mastery, and Cycle 2 increases to 80.00%, meeting the criteria, so further cycles are not conducted.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages7

Reading Time18 min

AccessFree to download

Background

Vocabulary and its importance

Problems in teaching vocabulary at SMPN 19 Palu

Techniques to improve vocabulary

Word Wall

Definition and benefits

Classroom action research design

Results of cycle 1

Results of cycle 2

IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY OF GRADE VII STUDENTS ATSMP NEGERI 19 PALU THROUGH WORD WALL Nur rahmaniar Masyitha1, Konder Manurung and Mochtar Marhum2 [eyedhi@yahoo.com](eyedhi@yahoo.com) 1Mahasiswa Program Studi Magister Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Pascasarjana Universitas Tadulako 2Dosen Program Studi Magister Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Pascasarjana Universitas Tadulako Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan penguasaan kosakata kelas tujuh siswa di SMPN 19 Palu melalui word wall. Penelitian ini dirancang sebagai penelitian tindakan kelas dan empat tahap penelitian tindakan kelas; perencanaan, pelaksanaan, observasi dan refleksi. Penelitian dilakukan dalam dua siklus. Siklus 1 terdiri dari tiga pertemuan dan siklus 2 terdiri dari dua pertemuan. Subjek penelitian ini terdiri dari dua puluh siswa. Untuk mengukur penguasaan kosakata, tes individu diberikan. Kriteria keberhasilan individu adalah 72 dan klasikal 75%. Hasil siklus 1 menunjukkan terdapat 12 (60,00%) siswa berhasil dan 8 (40,00%) siswa gagal. Padasiklus 2 terdapat 16 (80,00%) berhasil dan 4 (20,00%) siswa gagal. Penelitian tidak dilanjutkan pada siklus berikutnya, karena kriteria ketuntasan sudah dicapai. Dengan kata lain bahwa permasalahan kosakata siswa dapat diselesaikan dengan menerapkan word wall. Kata Kunci: Penguasaan kosakata, word wall, kelas kata Language is an essential of communication for all human being activities in this world. One of the elements that can support language is vocabulary. Successful teaching is supported by the four language skills; listening, speaking, reading and writing. Teaching English vocabulary as a component of language is considered as an important factor to improve language skills due to the fact that vocabulary is the basic component of a language, in which without an extensive vocabulary, we will not be able to use structures and functions we may have learned for understandable communication. Teaching English vocabulary at a Junior High School has some objectives. Among the objectives are to enrich the stocks of the students‘ vocabulary, to help students acquire the four basic language components, i.e., grammar, pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary and etc. Vocabulary plays an important role in communication. It helps people communicate and comprehend language well. (Clark; 1973: 32) . The ability to listen, speak, read and write good English is influenced by the people‘s vocabulary mastery. Vocabulary has to be remembered, it must be taught in a manner that makes the vocabulary meaningful. More than anything, vocabulary needs to be taught within a meaningful context. When new terms are taught as part of a set of experiences that are meaningful to the student, the new word is much more likely tobe remembered. Teaching English Vocabulary at SMPN 19 Palu has some weaknesses. The teacher is too focused on teaching tenses and forgot vocabulary. Students are too focused on the tense and often forget the importance of vocabulary, it means that teacher only asks the students how to answer questions of text which have been given by the teacher and the students have to write it on their worksheet without telling them the meaning of each answer. Students are not facilitated to know, think and understand the vocabulary itself. This is the reason why students are lazy and get bored to study English. More importantly the students feel shy to pronounce English vocabulary because they do not know how to pronounce it. There are many techniques that can be applied to improve vocabulary. The technique can be: telling stories, singing a song, puzzle and so on. One of techniques of teaching vocabulary is using Word Wall. This technique helps teacher to teach students to master the English Vocabulary. Words wall is literacy tool composed of an organized and typically in alphabetical order, collection of words which are displayed in large visible letters on a wall, bulletin board, or other display surface in a c

FAQs

What is the main objective of the research?

To improve Grade VII students' vocabulary mastery at SMP Negeri 19 Palu through the use of word wall.

How is the classroom action research conducted?

The research follows four stages—planning, implementation, observation, and reflection—over two cycles.

What results are achieved after using word wall?

In cycle 1, 12 students (60.00%) achieve success, and in cycle 2, 16 students (80.00%) achieve success, meeting the mastery criteria.

Sep 28, 2026

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