This document is a thesis that examines improving vocabulary mastery among fourth grade students at SDN Kedungrejo 2 Tanjunganom Nganjuk through the use of multimedia. The study aims to determine if multimedia can enhance students' vocabulary skills and describe their responses to learning vocabulary using multimedia. Classroom action research was conducted over three cycles involving planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. Test results showed the average student score increased from cycle to cycle, indicating multimedia helped improve vocabulary mastery. A questionnaire also found students had positive responses to and motivation for learning English vocabulary through multimedia. The study concludes multimedia can effectively be used to teach vocabulary to fourth graders.

1. IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY USING MULTIMEDIA AT
THE FOURTH GRADE STUDENT OF SDN KEDUNGREJO 2
TANJUNGANOM NGANJUK IN
ACADEMIC YEAR 2011 - 2012
SKRIPSI
Presented as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain
the Sarjana Degree of Education of English Department
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri
By:
MIFTAKHUR ROHMAN
NPM 08.1.01.08.0156
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF NUSANTARA PGRI KEDIRI
2012

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IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY USING MULTIMEDIA AT
THE FOURTH GRADE STUDENT OF SDN KEDUNGREJO 2
TANJUNGANOM NGANJUK IN
ACADEMIC YEAR 2011 - 2012
SKRIPSI
Presented as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain
the Sarjana Degree of Education of English Department
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri
By:
MIFTAKHUR ROHMAN
NPM 08.1.01.08.0156
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF NUSANTARA PGRI KEDIRI
2012

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APPROVAL PAGE
SKRIPSI
By:
MIFTAKHUR ROHMAN
NPM 08.1.01.08.0156
ENTITLED:
IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY USING MULTIMEDIA AT
THE FOURTH GRADE STUDENT OF SDN KEDUNGREJO 2
TANJUNGANOM NGANJUK IN
ACADEMIC YEAR 2011 - 2012
Approved by the Advisors to be proposed to
the English Department Examination Committee of
University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Kediri, December 18th, 2011
The Advisors,
Advisor I
Drs. Hilarius Semana
Advisor II
Drs. Coirul Huda
NIDN. 0714015901 NIDN.0709036801

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APPROVAL SHEET
SKRIPSI
By:
MIFTAKHUR ROHMAN
NPM 08.1.01.08.0156
ENTITLED:
IMPROVING VOCABULARY MASTERY USING MULTIMEDIA AT
THE FOURTH GRADE STUDENT OF SDN KEDUNGREJO 2
TANJUNGANOM NGANJUK IN
ACADEMIC YEAR 2011 - 2012
Approved and Accepted by all its qualification
by the Examination Committee of
University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Kediri, June 9th, 2012
Board of Examiners,
Chairman : Drs. SETYA ADI SANCAYA, M.Pd
First Examiner : Drs. HILARIUS SEMANA
Second Examiner : Drs. COIRUL HUDA
The Dean of the Faculty of Teacher Training
and Education Faculty of
University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Dr. SULISTIONO, M.Si
NIDN. 0007076801

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THE STATEMENT OF WRITING ORIGINALITY
The undersigned below, I:
Name : Miftakhur Rohman
NPM : 08.1.01.08. 0156
Fac/Dept : FKIP/ English Department
PDoB : Nganjuk, June 9th, 1990
states that:
1. The skripsi was never collected to any institute of higher education for any
academic degree.
2. The Skripsi is totally independent of my work and not the result of plagiarism
(plagiarism) the work of others.
3. If someday proved or provable skripsi as a result of plagiarism, I would be
willing to bear all the legal consequences occur.
Kediri, June 9th, 2012
Which states,
MIFTAKHUR ROHMAN
NPM. 08.1.01.08.0156

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO:
- See Your Friends with Your Nice Smile
- Don’t Ever Judge Someone Because You Are Not the God
- Love Your Job and You Will Life Happily
DEDICATION:
 My beloved parents (Solihah and Isman)
who always give their love support and pray
for the fluency of finishing my education till
the end of skripsi.
 My beloved sisters and brothers’ family (Siti
Shofiyah’s Family, M. Shofi’udin’s Family,
Tintin Maisaroh’s Family, and Siti
Mahmudah’s Family) who always give
support and pray, thanks a lot for your help
not only in finishing this skripsi but also in
all of time of my live.
 Thanks for all of my English lecturers in
University of Nusantara who guided me in
finishing this Skripsi patiently.
 And all of my friends in UNP Kediri
especially class 4-c thanks so much for your
help and support.

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ABSTRACT
MIFTAKHUR ROHMAN: Improving Vocabulary Mastery Using Multimedia at
the Fourth Grade Student of SDN Kedungrejo 2 Tanjunganom Nganjuk in
Academic Year 2011 – 2012, the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education,
UNIVERSITY OF NUSANTARA PGRI KEDIRI 2012.
Key Terms: Vocabulary, Multimedia and Young learners
To teach language needs stategies that influence the success of teaching
learning process. In this case the problem that is faced by the students of SDN
Kedungrejo 2, Tanjunganom is that lack of vocabulary. They cannot remember
the vocabulary being taught and they cannot focus in the lesson during teaching
learning process. In line with the problem above, multimedia is chosen as a media
to solve the problem because multimedia has some advantages that can solve the
problem. The purpose of this research is to find out whether multimedia can
improve the students’ vocabulary ability and describe how the students’ response
is during teaching learning process while multimedia is used to improve the
students’ vocabulary.
The classroom action research is applied in the fourth grade students of
SDN Kedungrejo 2 to solve the problem faced by the students during teaching
learning process. It aims to increase the students’ vocabulary ability in learning
English especially in meaning and spelling. The model that is used in this
classroom action research by Mohamad Asrori involved four steps namely
planning, implementing, observing and reflecting.
After the teacher applied teaching using multimedia, the average score of
the students increased. The result of the 1st cycle the average score of the students
was 60,736. In the 2nd cycle the average score of the students increase up to
65,631. In the 3rd cycle the average score of the students increase up to 79,000.
Students’ interest and motivation is high in learning English after teaching
learning process using multimedia. It can be concluded that the usage of
multimedia can improve the students’ vocabulary mastery.
By doing this research, the researcher suggests to the English teacher to
use multimedia as an alternative strategy in teaching vocabulary in the classroom
because the students will be interested in learning vocabulary. Teacher should
have a good media to teach English vocabulary in elementary school students. She
or he has to attract the students’ interest and motivation in learning English to
improve the student’s mastering vocabulary. It can be done by using media which
suitable with the material given.
Hopefully this research will motivate the English teacher in teaching
learning process by using multimedia and the students will be interested in
learning English subject.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In the name of Allah, the beneficent and merciful who has blessed the writer. He
wants to say thanks for the grace so that the writer could finish this Skripsi. He also wants
to express his special thanks to the following people for their help during writing of this
Skripsi:
1. Drs. H. Samari, SE, M.M as the Rector of Nusantara PGRI Kediri University.
2. Dr. Sulistiono, M.Si as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty.
3. Suhartono, M.Pd as the Head of English Department of Nusantara PGRI
Kediri University.
4. Drs. Hilarius Semana as the first advisor for giving His valuable guidance,
advices and encouragement to complete this research.
5. Drs. Coirul Huda as the second advisor for giving His valuable guidance,
advices and encouragement to complete this research.
6. Dwi Agus Suhono, S.Pd. M.Si as the headmaster of SDN Kedungrejo 2 who
has given the researcher a chance to conduct a research in this school.
7. All of the English Department lecturers of Nusantara PGRI Kediri
University.
8. His beloved parents who have supported the writer during writing this
Skripsi.
9. All of the Teachers in SDN Kedungrejo 2 who have encouraged and giving
their support to the writer to finish this Skripsi.
10. All of the researcher’s friends, sister, and brothers who have given the writer
support, motivation and help during her study in Nusantara PGRI Kediri
University.
The writer realizes that this Skripsi is far from being perfect. Therefore,
criticisms and suggestions are warmly welcomed. He also hopes this Skripsi will be
useful and valuable for the readers and the writer.
Kediri, 09 June 2012
The Writer
Miftakhur Rohman
NPM. 08.1.01.08.0156

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
THE TITLE OF SKRIPSI ...................................................................... i
THE TITLE OF SKRIPSI....................................................................... ii
APPROVAL PAGE................................................................................. iii
APPROVAL SHEET............................................................................... iv
THE STATEMENT OF WRITING ORIGINALITY.............................. v
MOTTO................................................................................................... vi
DEDICATION......................................................................................... vi
ABSTRACT ........................................................................................... vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....................................................................... viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................ ix
LIST OF TABLES................................................................................... xii
LIST OF APPENDICES ........................................................................ xiii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Problem................................... 1
B. Limitation of the problem...................................... 5
C. Formulation of the Problem................................... 6
D. Significance of the Problem................................... 6
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A. Vocabulary............................................................. 8
1. Definition of Vocabulary.................................. 8
2. Kinds of Vocabulary......................................... 11
3. Teaching Vocabulary........................................ 13
B. Media..................................................................... 16
1. The Meaning of Media..................................... 16
2. The Advantages of Media................................ 17

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3. Kinds of Media................................................. 19
4. The Consideration of Selecting Media............. 25
5. The Criteria of Selecting Media....................... 26
6. The Implementation of Using CD Interactive in
Teaching Learning Process ............................. 27
C. Characteristics of Young learners.......................... 29
1. Teaching English to Children ........................... 31
D. Teaching English Vocabulary to the Fourth Grade
Students of Elementary School.............................. 33
E. Teaching English for Young learner using
Multimedia............................................................. 34
F. Rationale................................................................. 35
G. Action Hypothesis.................................................. 36
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
A. Identification of Variable....................................... 38
1. Independent Variable........................................ 38
2. Dependent Variable .......................................... 39
B. Research Design..................................................... 39
C. Place and the Time of the Research....................... 42
1. Place of the Research....................................... 42
2. Time of the Research........................................ 42
D. Population and Sample .......................................... 44
1. Population......................................................... 44
2. Sample.............................................................. 45
E. Instrument of the Research.................................... 45
F. Technique of Collecting the Data.......................... 46
1. Test................................................................... 45
2. Questionnaire.................................................... 46

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3. Documentation.................................................. 49
G. Technique of Analyzing the Data.......................... 50
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION
A. The Students’ Mastery on Vocabulary at SDN
Kedungrejo 2........................................................ 55
B. The Result of the Research.................................... 55
1. Implementation of Cycle 1 .............................. 55
2. Implementation of Cycle 2 .............................. 58
3. Implementation of Cycle 3 .............................. 61
C. The Final Result of the Research........................... 64
D. Data Questionnaires ............................................... 65
1. Grading Items of the Questionnaire.................. 66
2. Finding the Mean............................................. 66
3. Matching the Mean to a Criterion..................... 67
4. Concluding the Questionnaire Result............... 68
E. Data Documentation............................................... 69
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion.............................................................. 70
B. Suggestion ............................................................ 71
BIBLIOGRAPHY.................................................................................. 73
APPENDICES ................................................................................... 75

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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE Page
1. Time of the Research .................................................................... 43
2. Questionnaires................................................................................47
3. Classification of Graded Score ......................................................49
4. The Result of Cycle 1.....................................................................57
5. The Result of Cycle 2 ....................................................................60
6. The Result of Cycle 3.....................................................................63
7. The Result of the Research ............................................................64
8. Grading Items of Questionnaires ...................................................66
9. Questionnaire Analysis ..................................................................67
10. Category of the Criterion ...............................................................68

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LIST OF APPENDICES
1. Syllabus of First cycle
2. Lesson Plan of First Cycle
3. Students Work Sheet
4. Post test of cycle First Cycle
5. Students Score in the First Cycle
6. Syllabus of Second Cycle
7. Lesson Plan of Second Cycle
8. Students Work Sheet
9. Post test of cycle Second Cycle
10. Students Score in the Second Cycle
11. Syllabus of Third Cycle
12. Lesson Plan of Third Cycle
13. Students Work Sheet
14. Post test of cycle Third Cycle
15. Students Score in the Second Cycle
16. Blue Print of Questionnaire
17. Questionnaire
18. Research Documentation
19. Surat Pengantar / Ijin Penelitian
20. Surat Keterangann Melakukan Penelitian
21. Kartu Bimbingan Skripsi