Analysis On Improving Students' Vocabulary Through Self-Directed Learning : A Case Study at 7A Level Students of KUMON English Course Bintaro Utara

The existance of language cannot be separated from the human life, and no single activity that can be separated from the language. Nowadays, English is more important for almost everyone in the world. It is the international language which is spoken by most of the people all over the world. In learning English, there are language sub skills. One of the language sub skills is vocabulary. All languages have word. Language emerges first as words, both historically, and in terms of the way each of us learned our first and any subsequent languages. So, the writer try to analyze how the vocabulary can be learned by the students with a method. Self Directed Learning, which has its roots in adult education, is in approach that has also been tried with learners in elementary. There may be slight variations in how different educators define Self Directed Learning. But in this research, writer try to find how the Self Directed Learning was used in non formal education. We will know what is Self Directed Learning, the usefulness and how its method can be effectived to improve students' vocabulary skill. The aim of this research is to know the effectiveness of Self Directed Learning to improve students' vocabulary skill. The samples of the research are the 7A level students of KUMON Bintaro Utara. The writer uses a descriptive analysis technique with visiting the course to do the research. Then, the writer analyze the students' learning process. By analyzing the students' learning process, the writer finally knows, why Self Directed Learning was effectiveness to improve students' enrichment ins vocabulary