THE USE OF SHOW AND TELL (S&T) METHOD IN TEACHING VOCABULARY AT THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (SMP) 1 DARUDD’AWAH PUNGGUR KABUPATEN KUBU RAYA

Abstract

To be effective in teaching vocabulary, teachers must identify, use, and be creative in their methods. The English teacher should employ the proper teaching technique to tackle the problem of mastering vocabulary using the Show and the Tell method. This study was purposefully intended to look into the following topics: 1) the students’ vocabulary mastery before they were taught by using Show and Tell Method 2) the students’ vocabulary mastery after they were taught using Show and Tell Method 3) the significant improvement of the student’s vocabulary mastery after using Show and Tell Method. It was a quasi-experimental study that used a pretest-postest control group research design. The sample of the research is two Classes research, The researchers choose classes consisting of list VII A 27 to understand VII B 26 students. The test was employed as a data-gathering instrument, and it was in the form of a test that included a pre-test and a post-test. Both the experimental and control groups were given the test. Based on the findings of data analysis using the normality, and homogeneity tests. It can be concluded the alternative hypothesis was accepted while the null hypothesis was rejected. It means there were significant differences in vocabulary before and after using the show-and-tell method for the first-grade Junior High School (SMPi) Darudda’wah Punggur Kecil. Furthermore, the use of the Show and show-and-tell method was important in teaching vocabulary mastery because could help motivate vocabularies show and tell method; vocabulary mastery; in students in junior high school.