THE USE OF PICTURE
WORD INDUCTIVE MODEL (PWIM) IN TEACHING
VOCABULARY
An Experimental
Research
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A.
Background of Research
Language is
a primary instrument
of the communication
among human beings in community.
In others words, Language is a tool of
communication. By using
a language people
are able to
introduce themselves, convey
their messages and
express their ideas
and written. Therefore
language is very
important in our
life. Language as
a means of
communication with other
people as a
tool to express
ideas and wishes.
All common
people in a community
understand and speak
their language well
enough to carry
out every activity. Some
people in that
community cannot read
and write, however, by
using the language
orally, they are
still able to
cooperate with others. Every
social group has different language, for example, a group of people who were
born and live
in England, speak
English as their native language, and the
group of people
who were born
and live in
Indonesia, speak Indonesian. As
Allah says in A Holy Qur’an surah Ar-room: 22 “And of His signs are the
creation of the heavens and the earth, and the diversity of
your tongues and colors:
surely there are
signs in this
for all mankind”.
In Indonesia,
English is the
first foreign language
that is considered important to
be introduced to
students in elementary
school, junior high school, and senior high school.
Considering the importance of English as
one of the international language,
the Indonesian Goverment
has decided to
