TEACHING VOCABULARY USING

MONTESSORI METHOD

A THESIS

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements

For Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department

DWI APRIYANTI
0801050141

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
2013
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 MOTTO

“ A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, An

optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty”

“ Give thank for what you are now, and keep fighting for what
you want to be tomorrow”

“Disability wouldn’t make the disabled”

“Departing with confidence, walking with sincerity, istiqomah in

the face of temptation “SURE, SINCERE, ISTIQOMAH" (there
is no prayer that is more beautiful than a quick prayer that this
thesis is finished)”

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 DEDICATION

The thesis is dedicated to:

 My beloved mother and father, thank you for your love,

kindness, prayer and support.

 My beloved family, thank you for attention and support, I love

you so much.

 Cholil Endah Pratama, thank you for your participant who

always sent money to me from my mom, I love you Tong.

 Nurul Yuli Astuti, Siti Munawaroh , Sofie, thank you for your

support, attention and suggestion who have accompany with me

from the first consult until finish, love you all.....

 All friends in “Gombel Familys (Cetun, Oma, Ucul, Rina, Ais,

Suci, Binta)” and “Cah Barsoeds” thank you for support.

 All friends in English education department ’08, thank for

motivation and suggestion.

Finally, the writer thanks for all people who has given support and

suggestion in completing this thesis.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Praise to Allah swt, the most graceful and merciful, the give of divine

direction and guidance, who given inspiration and guidance, so that the writer

could accomplish the thesis as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for getting

bachelor degree of education (S.Pd) in English education department.

The writer is greatly grateful to:

1. Drs. Pudiyono, M. Hum, the Head of the English education department who

gave the opportunity, agreement, guidance to carry out the thesis.

2. Dr. Furqanul Aziez, M. Pd and Rina Agustina, S.S, MApplLing TESOL as

my supervisors who have guided the writer to make correction of the thesis

manuscript.

3. Sutarsono, A. Ma. Pd, the Headmaster of SDN I Tambaksogra, who has given

permission to the writer to conduct the research.

4. Suyati and Yuli Setyaningsih, S. Pd. SD, the collaborative teacher who has

helped the writer in collecting the data in this thesis.

5. The writer’s parents who have supported and given their love and some

facilities to do this thesis.

6. The students of V grade of SDN I Tambaksogra who helped the writer in

collecting the data.

Finally, the writer thanks for all people who has given support and

suggestion in completing this thesis.

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 The writer hoped that this work can given valuable contribution to all

readers particularly those who are interested in teaching and learning English.

Purwokerto, Juli 2013

The writer

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

pages

TITLE ......................................................................................................... i

APPROVAL ............................................................................................... ii

MOTTO ..................................................................................................... v

DEDICATION ........................................................................................... vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......................................................................... vii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................... ix

LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................... xii

LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................... xiii

LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................ xiv

ABSTRACT ............................................................................................... xv

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ................................................................ 1

A. Background of the Research ............................................................... 1

B. Reason for Choosing the Topic .......................................................... 4

C. Problem of the Research ..................................................................... 5

D. Aim of the Research ............................................................................ 5

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................. 6

A. The Nature of Vocabulary

1. The Definition of Vocabulary ....................................................... 6

2. Kinds of Vocabulary ..................................................................... 7

3. Learning for Vocabulary Teaching ............................................... 9

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 4. Teaching of Vocabulary ................................................................ 12

5. Learning Vocabulary ..................................................................... 14

B. Montessori Method

1. The Definition of Montessori Method .......................................... 16

2. Principles of the Montessori Method ............................................ 17

3. Curriculum of Montessori Method ............................................... 18

4. Teaching Vocabulary using Montessori Method .......................... 20

5. Procedure Teaching Vocabulary using Montessori Method ........ 21

6. Area of Study in Montessori Method ............................................ 23

7. Relevant Research of Montessori Method .................................... 24

8. Advantages and Disadvantages of Montessori Method ................ 26

C. Basic Assumption ............................................................................... 28

D. Hypothesis ........................................................................................... 28

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD .................................................... 29

A. Method of Research ............................................................................ 29

B. The Place and Time of the Research ................................................... 30

C. Subject of the Research ....................................................................... 31

D. Technique of Collecting Data ............................................................. 31

E. Technique of Data Analysis ................................................................ 35

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CHAPTER IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ....................................... 38

A. Results of Research ............................................................................. 38

B. Discussion ........................................................................................... 45

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS ............................ 49

A. Conclusion ........................................................................................... 49

B. Implications ......................................................................................... 50

C. Future Direction .................................................................................. 50

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

PERMISSION

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table pages

1 Frequency Distribution ....................................................................... 35

2 Class Mean Result .............................................................................. 44

3 T-test Result ....................................................................................... 46

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure pages

1 Pre-test of Experiment and Control Class ................................ 39

2 Post-test of Experiment and Control Class ............................ 41

3 Class Percentage Result .......................................................... 43

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 LIST OF APPENDICES

APPENDICES A

1. Pre-test

2. Post-test

3. Lesson Plan

APPENDICES B

1. Name of students of experiment class

2. Name of students of control class

APPENDICES C

1. The score pre-test and post-test of experiment class

2. The score pre-test and post-test of control class

APPENDICES D

1. The result pre-test and post-test of experiment class

2. The result pre-test and post-test of control class

APPENDICES E

1. Students individual competence of experiment class

2. Students individual competence of control class

3. Measuring t-value

4. T-table

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 ABSTRACT

TEACHING VOCABULARY USING

MONTESSORI METHOD

By:
Dwi Apriyanti
0801050141

The aim of this research was to find out the effectiveness of teaching
English vocabulary using Montessori method.
This research was conducted at one of primary schools in Banyumas. The
total sample of this research was 59 respondents. The method of this research was
quasi experiment, because the respondents were divide into two groups, the
experiment class and control class. Both of them were given treatment, but
treatment using Montessori method was given for the experiment class and
control class was given treatment using discussion. The experiment research was
carried out on January 2013. To get the sample, this research used random
sampling technique. In collecting the data, this research used tests, multiple
choices, gap fillings and matching words. The pre-test was given before treatment
was done and post-test was given after treatment was done.
Based on the data analysis, it was found that t-test was 2.001 and t-table
with degree of freedom 57 was 1.6720. It was concluded that the result of t-test
was higher that t-table (2.001>1.6720). Therefore, Montessori method was
effective for teaching English vocabulary.

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