The importance of Vocabulary
In according to Sedita (2005) vocabulary is one of five
core components of reading instruction that are essential to successfully teach
children how to read. These core components include phonemic awareness, phonics
and word study, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension Vocabulary knowledge is
important because it encompasses all the words we must know to access our
background knowledge, express our ideas and communicate effectively, and learn
about new concepts.
Vocabulary is one of the important
elements in building up English using this element, someone can communicate,
learning and thinking. Therefore, the learning of vocabulary is fundamental
need to support some learners to master English, because the
ability of students to read and to comprehend the subject is relatively
detemined by their vocabulary.
In addition Ferreira (2007) the knowledge
of word meanings
and the ability
to access that
knowledge efficiently are recognized as important factors in
reading and listening comprehension, speaking and writing fluency. Thus,
vocabulary knowledge helps students with language comprehension. Vocabulary
knowledge is the
heart of a
language comprehension and use.
Comprehend a text successfully students
need to have
sufficient word knowledge.
This is to
say that the comprehension of
a language depends
on the amount
of words that
are known in
that language.