TEACHING VOCABULARY BY USING SHOP TRAVELLING GAME AT THE FIFTH GRADE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 20 CIMPU

ABSTRACT Misra Syam, 2013. “Teaching Vocabulary by Using Shop Travelling Game at the Fifth Grade of Elementary School of 20 Cimpu”. A Thesis of English Studies Program of Tarbiyah Department at State College for Islamic Studies (STAIN) of Palopo. Under Consultants (1) Dr. Masruddin, M.Hum, (2) Syamsudarni, S.Pd.I., M.Pd. Key words : Teaching, Vocabulary, Shop Travelling game. This thesis focused on teaching vocabulary by using shop travelling game at the fifth grade of elementary school of 20 Cimpu. The problem statements were “How was the appropriate way in using shop travelling game to improve the students’ vocabulary in learning English at the fifth grade students of elementary school of 20 CIMPU? And “How was the students’ participation in learning English process through shop travelling game at the fifth grade students of elementary school of 20 CIMPU?” This research used a Classroom Action Research. The target populations of the research were 20 students of the fifth grade students. The procedure of the research used two cycles, they were cycle I and cycle II, it was done to find out the appropriate way in teaching vocabulary by using shop travelling game, and to find out the students’ participations in learning process since the learning process was running. Then the researcher analyzed their score by using simple percentage to know the students’ mean score in each cycle. The result of analysis revealed that using shop travelling game could improve the students’ vocabularies. It was proved by the students’ score in each cycle. Their mean score in cycle I only 71.5 and in cycle II the students’ score increased to be 93.50. the students’ activeness in cycle I got 90% , in the cycle II, the students activeness rised up to 100%, 60% categorized as active and 40% categorized as very active. It meant that using shop travelling game could improve the students’ vocabulary result and the students’ activeness in learning English vocabulary