Function of Vocabulary
Blintz (2011: 45) learning vocabulary is fundamentally about learning definition of
words. Many teachers believe that defining words before reading a text is an
effective instructional. Vocabulary
has great function in language. People use vocabulary/words to construct
sentences. Vocabulary is a like as the bone of our body. Without bone, our body
will not be able to be as perfect as possible. Nobody can be expressing his/her
feeling to others. A teacher will confuse to explain the lesson to the
students. The member of community can share their ideas for the social as
environmental development, etc. so, the vocabulary is supposed as the bone of
language, without vocabulary, the language cannot be developed.
Fontecha (2014: 24) foreign language vocabulary knowledge is an increasingly important area
in the field of Applied Linguistics. Central to the investigation within
foreign language vocabulary knowledge is the distinction between productive and
receptive vocabulary knowledge types. Receptive vocabulary is understood as a
passive skill which involves the perception of a word and the understanding of
its meaning in listening and reading. Productive vocabulary refers to an active
skill that covers word
production so as to match the speakers’ intention in writing and speaking.
So far the researcher give addition as a result of the reading the
function of vocabulary from some expert that the vocabulary have to learn
because vocabulary is a basic of understanding the word, paragraph, sentences,
text and book including the materials to read in each context
