THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE EIGHT GRADE
STUDENTS LEARNING MOTIVATION AND VOCABULARY MASTERY AT SMP
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background
Teaching English in our country has been developed
extensively because English is an international language in the world.
Therefore, Indonesian government has brought it as a local since at the
elementary school. In teaching English vocabulary as an element or language is
considered as the most important factor in increasing the mastered if the
students are still lacking of vocabulary. Vocabulary is a part of language
learning that need continuing growth and development by both native and non
native speakers long after grammar and pronunciation elementary school until
senior high Scholl. In language teaching preparation program in our country,
more and attention being given to improve some technique for teaching
vocabulary.
Learning vocabulary is an important
instructional aim for teachers in all content areas in middle grades schools
(Harmon, Wood, & Kiser, 2009). Recent research, however, indicates that
vocabulary instruction may be problematic because many teachers are not
“confident about best practice in vocabulary instruction and at times don’t
know where to begin to form an instructional emphasis on word learning.
Learning vocabulary is one important
matter in learning language but it is not a simple work to do. The bad score on
vocabulary found in the students’ achievement does not mean that there are no
efforts to solve the problem. Both teachers and students have tried to apply
various methods and techniques in teaching and learning vocabulary. However,
there are many factors assumed to give influence in teaching and learning
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