TEACHING ENGLISH VOCABULARY TO THE 3rd GRADE STUDENTS IN SD NEGERI 02 BEJEN KARANGANYAR

This final project is written based on the job training in SD N 02 Bejen Karanganyar. The purposes of this final project are to find out the method used in teaching English vocabulary and the difficulties faced in teaching English vocabulary. The appropriate methods used in teaching vocabulary are Direct Method, Grammar Translation Method, and it is also combined with Genre Based. These methods are used because it is appropriate with the student’s condition. The writer used the student’s mother tongue so that they can understand the simple words in English and know the meaning of each new word. The application of these methods is based on the materials available on the text book. In doing activities and exercises, the writer asks the students to read, to write, to listen, and to make simple sentences, so that they really understand about what they are learning. Based on the discussion, the writer finds out the difficulties which are faced in teaching English vocabulary. They are the teaching materials, the condition of the students, the facilities and the media. Related to the difficulties in teaching vocabulary, the writer gave the solutions. For the teaching materials, it can be solved by looking for the other books as references in libraries or book stores, for the student’s condition; like their characteristics, pronunciation and their less interest, the writer gave them songs or games and asked them to repeat the words more than twice. For the facilities and media, the writer tried to add the facilities and the media by using English storybook, pictures and the others media