CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background
Learning
English is very important, because English has become an international
language, which is used by most communities in the world. Many countries
use English as their second language. In spite of the difficulties in studying
English, it is worthwhile to study the language because it plays a very
important role in almost all fields of life such as: communication,
commerce, economy, politics, education, science, technology and so on.
Finocchiaro
stated that “Language is a system of arbitrary, vocal symbol, which permits all
people in given culture or other people who have learned the system of that
culture, to communicate or to interact”. (Finocchiaro, 1974:3).
Vocabulary is
one of the language components that have to be taught to the
students in learning a foreign language. Petty and Jensen (1980: 76) support
the idea by stating; “since the knowledge of words and word meaning is
essential in both the expressive and receptive aspect of language, vocabulary
building is vital to the early language program”. Unfortunately, many students
consider learning vocabulary as a tedious job. Because of that, the teacher
should look for an effective technique to make learning vocabulary easier, more
pleasant, and enjoyable.
Vocabulary as
one of the important aspects in grammar has a very important role in supporting
the four language skills. Harmer (1984:149) states that in teaching foreign
language, including speaking, writing, and reading and listening skill, it is
impossible to use those skills without vocabulary. Without possessing an
extensive vocabulary, we will be unable to use all we have learned for
comprehensible communication, including the structures and the functions.
In teaching
vocabulary there are many strategy, one of them is list group label The
rationale behind this strategy is based on the notion that categorizing words
can help children organize new words and experiences in relation to previously
learned words. LGL attempts to improve upon the way in which children learn and
remember new words. LGL was originally used in science and social studies
classes; however, the strategy seems appropriate across????
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