A STUDY ON THE TECHNIQUE USED BY THE TEACHER IN TEACHING VOCABULARY FOR THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP TARUNA ISLAM AL-KAUSAR KRAKSAAN - PROBOLINGGO

ABSTRACT English is an Internasional and important language to communicate with people around the world. English as a foreign language requires sufficient vocabulary in listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills. Vocabulary is one of the core components of language proficiency and determines how well learners speak, listen, read, and write well. There are two techniques concerning the teaching of vocabulary, those are visual technique and verbal technique. This research has three research problems, those are: (1) What are the techniques used by the teacher in teaching vocabulary for the eighth grade students at SMP Taruna Islam Al- Kausar Kraksaan? (2) What are the difficulties in implementing the technique in teaching vocabulary for the eighth grade students at SMP Taruna Islam Al- Kausar Kraksaan? (3) How does the teacher solve the problem of the technique in teaching vocabulary for eight grade students at SMP Taruna Islam Al-Kausar?. The result of the research was elicited from the interview and observation at SMP Taruna Islam Al- Kausar. The researcher choose an English teacher who teach eight grade as research subject. Based on the interview and observation results, the researcher found that the teacher used visual technique in teaching vocabulary for the eighth-grade students at SMP Taruna Islam Al- Kausar Kraksaan. Moreover, there were five problems faced by the teacher,; those are students’ crowdedness, students did not bring dictionary, students’ lack of vocabulary, the distraction of students’ attention, and students’ boredom. The teacher did some ways to solve those problems; those are making the rules, asking students to borrow dictionary to the next class, asking students to open dictionary, limiting students’ work time, and giving the students a suggestion