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English Paper1 Ke 1a1
English Paper1 Ke 1a1
English Paper1 Ke 1a1
INTRODUCTION
human life. Language and human beings can not be separated. Human life
perspicuity can run well because they use language to communicate something
one another. Through the language, people gain a better insight into human
relations. They use the language to express their ideas and thoughts. Meanwhile
language itself can survive and develop because people use it and teach to other
people. Whoever, whenever and wherever they are, language always accompanies
them. Even when one is silent, basically he still uses language it is a means used
English has important role in the world. The different growth of languages
makes it the most popular among the other international languages. Nowadays,
there are no part of the world affairs know nothing about English. International
affairs such as education, economic, sport, science, medicine, and security, always
involve English as the medium. Besides, it must be realized that most scientific
books for getting knowledge, one must have mastery in English and so must the
Indonesian students.
For Indonesia, English is a foreign language. With this position, it does not
taught as a subject matter. By learning English the learners are hoped to be able to
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communicate about anything in English. It is in accordance with River’s statement
that the final aim of teaching a foreign language is to produce students who can
of English and language components. There are four language skills taught in
MTs. They are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Reading gets more
emphasis than the others. This emphasis is reasonable, as the graduates of MTs are
prepared to continue their study to university in which many reference books are
adequate mastery of vocabulary, students can learn language more easily. Besides,
Men and women who had achieved distinction in variety of field were proved to
have vocabularies larger than the average. It does not mean that a large vocabulary
can guarantee one to become a scientist. But it means that inadequate vocabulary
will minimize one’s chances for success; an effective vocabulary will increase
them.
When we talk about the process of mastering vocabulary, we have to deal with
the ways of enriching vocabulary. If the students could master and always
remember all the vocabularies learned at school, when they have graduated their
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vocabulary of English would be adequate enough. After they have finished their
study at MTs, however, it turns out that they just loose too many of their English
words, only a very limited number are remembered. This, of course, will not apply
to those who take the higher education of school. It is one of the phenomena
student’s vocabulary in MTs by teaching old prose (Legend and Fable) as the
Story offered not only pleasure and fun of its content, but if we exposure
the language deeper we will meet lots of new vocabulary of complex grammatical
forms because language used in story is different from daily conversation. During
reading and writing story we will also meet the ability to know and learn new
English by teaching old prose (legend and fable) will help language learners to
mastery by teaching old prose (legend and fable), the writer stated the problems of
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2. How do students respond the program (teaching English by using
clear, so based on the research will be held, the writer takes the hypothesis as
follows :
and after the treatment (Teaching English by using Legend and Fable).
Considering the problem above, the research is oriented toward the following
purpose:
In general, the aim of this study is to prove the effectiveness of teaching old
prose (legend and fable) to increase student’s vocabulary. This study is expected
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I.6. Limitation of The Study
To keep the study is not too wide and also it can be directed, the writer
The study only focuses on narrative text (legend and fable) as one of the efforts
1. Research Design
The control group is not taught by fable and legend but, the experimental
group is taught by using it. Then the result of two groups is proceeded by
comparing two means and counted using T-test formula that is used to
The writer took only one class randomly as the sample. Then the class was
divided randomly into two groups; one as experimental group and other as
control group. The class division is based in their achievement from the
3. Research Instrument
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Test:
1) Pre-Test, two samples are given the same items of pre-test before
2) Post-Test, two samples are given the same items of post-test but, in
conventionally.
4. Data Analysis
t= MX - M Y ___
∑x 2 + ∑y2 1+1
Nx + Ny – 2 Nx Ny
H. Clarification of Terms
Increase
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To become or to make something greater in number, quantity, size,
etc.
Vocabulary
meaning.
like.
Old Prose
poetry or verse
Legend
A legend is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and
listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities
Fable
human qualities), and that illustrates a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at
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I. Organization of the Paper
Chapter 1
and sample, data collection, data analysis, organization of the paper, and
clarification of terms.
Chapter 2
research problem.
Chapter 3
The method of the research that discusses the steps and procedures of the
research, the instruments of the research and the reason of choosing its
procedures.
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
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