English Vocabulary Case Study

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The Acquisition of English Vocabulary by Using Snowball Drilling Method in SD N 1 Talibeng

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Ni Kadek Yuniantari 1201305062

English Department
Faculty of Letters and Culture
Udayana University
2014/2015

I. Introduction
English is an international language. It has been used as a communication media by all people in the world. English is an important language that must be mastered by all people of all community in the world. In Indonesia, English is one of the compulsory subjects which have been thought from kindergarten, elementary school, junior and senior high school and even in University. There are a lot of methods in teaching English as foreign language; one of them is Snowball drilling method. Snowball drilling method is a method which is developed to strengthen the knowledge of the learners gained from reading materials. Snowball drilling method is a modification of drilling method. However, snowball drilling method is different with drilling method; they differ from the interaction pattern. In drilling method, the students only have interaction with the teacher since the teacher is the subject and the students are the object. On the other hand, in snowball drilling method, the teacher has a role as the facilitator and the students are the subject, so besides having interaction …show more content…

At first the researcher will make an observation to see the condition in the class. The researcher will conduct the pre-test to identify students’ ability in English vocabulary and at the end of the treatments the researcher will conduct the post-test to identify the students’ progress after receiving the treatments. After that the researcher will analyze the data using some relevant theories (chart &

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