The Use of Video as a Media to Improve Students’ Vocabulary Mastery

Abstract

The objective of this Classroom Action Research was to improve students’
vocabulary mastery by using video as a media in teaching and learning process.
It covered four stages of activities, they were planning, implementing, observing,
and reflecting of the action. The subject of this research was class VII C of SMP
Muhammadiyah 1 Jember. In this research, the primary data were collected
from the vocabulary test while the observation check list as supporting data was
taking during the teaching and learning process. Video as a media of teaching
and learning vocabulary improved students vocabualry mastery in two cycles
from the percentage of students scored ≥ 70,was 69% in cycle 1 to 80% in cycle
2, it also improved students’ active participation from 55% in cycle 1 to 77%
at the end of the cycle 2. Based on the research result, it can be concluded that
the video as a media of teaching English vocabulary was able to improve the
seventh grade students’ vocabulary mastery and students’s active participation.