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THEORETICAL REVIEW
A. Vocabulary
vocabulary is all the words that a person knows or uses and it is all the
From the definition above, we can see that vocabulary is all the
both orally and written well. Also, by having a lot of vocabularies, the
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communication.
as follows:
a. Meaning
When the teacher delivering the students about the meaning, the
teacher should explain that a word may have more than one meaning
the teacher can use ways such as guided discovery and using
dictionaries.
b. Spelling
reading and as the connector of letters and sounds. Spelling there may
be different acceptable written forms for the same words within the
same variety of English, due to the fact that they belong to different
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c. Pronunciation
d. Word Classes
categories which are called part of speech. There are parts of speech
interjections.
e. Word Use
Word use may also involve grammar and thus be the subject of
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and what works well, we can help learners get more benefit strategies.
did an analysis that resulted in a very clear model where the strategies
new words that are having a source for words. The young learners‟
Dictionaries are also sources where new words and new uses for
an action, their desire to know the word more increase, it makes the
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form-meaning connection.
The final step in learning words is using the words. It has goal
to provide a mild guarantee that words and meanings will not fade
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a. Nouns
According to Lycons as cited in Hatch & Brown (1995: 219) are all
The most core like nouns (which he calls first order) are names of
people and physical objects, and entities that exist in time and space.
Second-order nouns are observable entities which take place and time.
place, or thing.
b. Verbs
Verbs are words that donate action. Vendler as cited in Hatch and
c. Adjectives
light, dark, bright, and dull are used with color names.
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B. Hangaroo Game
which is presented with letters forming words as the answers from the
selecting letters from the alphabet to fill the blank. Usually, the
hangaroo).
adults and kids as well, since apart from being fun it can be a good
(http://hangaroo.software.informer.com/).
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students.
words which is decided and gives the clues about the word.
6) Every group can start Hangaroo game by filling the blank form
pronounce it.
notebooks.
4) Each group will get the same item. The item related to the
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Incorrect Answer
HANGAROO
A TOOL TO EAT
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using paper.
that Hangaroo game can be used as a good media for teacher. This media
understand difficult word, they are easy to remember what they have been
D. Basic Assumption
kept in their mind easily. By drilling the vocabulary, it will help students
to memorize the vocabulary longer. The teacher has the biggest influences
learning vocabulary. It also helps the young learners to achieve the goal in
learning process.
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E. Hypothesis
Based on the basic assumption above, the hypothesis for this study
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