Selasa, 27 Oktober 2015



THE USE OF SEMANTIC FEATURE ANALYSIS TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY OF THE SEVENTH GRADE AT SMPN 3 BUKIT BATU
A.    The Title of Research
The researcher is interested to carry out a research entitle: “THE USE OF SEMANTIC FEATURE ANALYSIS TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY OF THE SEVENTH GRADE AT SMPN 3 BUKIT BATU”
B.     The Background of the Problem
English as one of international languages that an important role in communication both in spoken and written. The fact that, the Indonesian has given an educational level from Junior High School, Senior High School and than University. So, the students are expected to have a good ability in using English for communication.
In studying English, there are four languages skills that should be achieve by students. There are Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing skill. That releted to each other. Therefore, in mastering the four skills, the learned need to master the languages component such as vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and spelling that give contribution to the student’s achivement.
A basic language which meaning is a vocabulary which a convey some information, ideas or express feelings to the other in both spoken and written forms. The mastery of vocabulary is essential in order to construct sentence that contain some massages for social interaction by memorizing vocabularies, we can express our intention freely without thinking of word too long time.
Vocabulary is a part of the language skill. It is the tool for communication, learning and thinking. In addition, it is jot only for better reading but also for better speaking, listenning, and writing. Considereble the research evidence suggest that students who are the most successful in schooll are those with the largest vocabularies. It mean that the students with sufficient vocabularies one has the more effective his/her communication. It is better for researcher to begin with common words and the teachers need to use learning strategy to help the students learn new vocabulary easily, because the students have to active, and the teacher to be creative.
Based on the researcher observation on the seventh grade students’ at SMPN 3 Bukit-Batu, most of the students have difficulty in masteing vocabulary. They can not memorize new words, they often get bored in learning. In order words, the students find difficulties in master vocabulary in communication because they do not know what to say and the students often find difficulties in translate bacause they do not know what the meaning of the words. This problem will afeect their learning og the English.
Based on the problem above, the researcher is intersted in using Semantic Feature Analysis. The researcher use this technique in order to help students increase they vocabulary. A semantic feature analysis is a technique that guided students through analyzing vocabulary by identifying key characteristics and comparing these characteristic with other known concepts. Through the use of a matrix grid, students are able to code a number of key vocabulary or concepts in term of several important qualities. The researcher considers the semantic feature analysis is easier to use. The semantic feature analysis can help the students’ mastery thier vocabulary. Consequently, can help the students in understanding and meaning of the word. the strategy also will be simply to introduce a new word and learn more understanding meaning of word.
Teaching and learning of the seventh at SMPN 3 Bukit-Batu have problem in learning and memorize the word, based on researcher observation, the students have problem in learning vocabulary. To increase the vocabulary mastery there is by using semantic feature analysis. This because the usual method make students lazy to learn and not interested and some of students less understanding meaning of the word. Finally, the students have limited vocabulary.
The researcher will use the semantic feature analysis that is different from  the previous methods. Using semantic feature analysis makes the students are interested in learning and help them understanding the meaning of a word that they are learning. It is gives a way to take teaching vocabulary easy and effective.
From explenation above, the researcher found the phenomena occurred during the classroom activities. Some symptoms can see as follow:
1.    Some of the students get difficulteis increase tyheir vocabulary
2.    Some of students had lack of vocabulary
3.    Some of students did not understanding the meaning and pronounce English words.
4.    Some of students did not focus and low attention in learning process.
5.    Some of students got difficult to write English
Based on the background abiove the researcher is very interested in carrying out the research entitled : “THE USE OF SEMANTIC FEATURE ANALYSIS TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY OF THE SEVENTH GRADE AT SMPN 3 BUKIT BATU”.
C.    The Reason of Choosing the Title
The researcher is interested in carrying out of this research bacause of some reasons as follow:
1.    The researcher is interested toward this problem.
2.    The researcher will try to give motivation of semantic feature analysis in vocabilary to students.
3.    The researcher wantys to know how far the effectiveness using of semantic feature analysis to increase students’ vocabulary mastery.

D.    The Problem of Research
1.      Identifications of the Problem
Based on the background above, the researcher identifies the problems as follow:
1.        Some of students get difficulties increse thier vocabulary.
2.        Some of students did not understanding the meaning and pronounce English words.
3.        Some of students did not focus and low attention in learning process.
4.        Some of students had no efforts to increase vocabulary.
2.      The Limition of the Problem
Based on the identification of the problems above the researcher limits the problem on:
To find out effectiveness using semantic feature analysis to increase students’ vocabulary mastery of the seventh grade at SMPN 3 Bukit-Batu”.
3.      The Formulation of Problem
1.      How the students’ ability in mastering vocabularies of the seventh grade at SMPN 3 Bukit-Batu ?
2.      How the effectiveness using semantic feature analysis in creasing vocabulary mastery ?
3.      Is there any significan effec of using semantics featura analysis to increase students’ vocabulary mastery ?
E.     The Objective and the Need of the Research
1.      The Objectives of the Research
a.       To measure  the student’s ability in mastery vocabulary
b.      To know  the students’ ability in mastery vocabulary  after using semantic feature analysis to increase students’ vocabulary mastery of the seventh grade at SMPN 3 Bukit-Batu
c.       To Find outsignificant relation using semantic feature analysis to increase students’ vocabulary mastery.
2.      The Needs of the Rasearch
The researcher conduct this researcher for some needs as follow:
a.       To help the students overcome the problem in leraning vocabulary
b.      As information to the students and as premise to another researcher that may be related study with this research
c.       To provide information of how to do research for beginner
d.      To inform the English teacher about using of rivet as technique to be apply in teaching learning process at SMPN 3 Bukit-Batu.
F.     The Definition of the Terms
            In other to avoid misunderstanding in vocabulary this research, it is necessary to explain the term as follow:
1.      Semantic feature analysis is strategy engages students in reading assignments asking them to relate selected vocabulary to key feature of the text uses a matrix to help students discover how one set of thing is related to one another ( www.adlit.org/strategies/22731 ).
2.      Increase is to (make something) become large in amount or size ( http: //dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/increase ).
3.      Vocabulary is total numbers of word, which (with the rules of combining them) make up the language, list of word uses in a book usually with definition and tranlation (Hornby: 1995 quoted in Sumi, 2012).
G.    Theoritical Framework
1.      The Nature of Vocabulay
      Vocabulary is the focus of language. It is in word that sounds and meaning interlock to allow to communicate, and it is word that arranges together to make sentences, conversations, and discources of all kinds. Vocabulary plays an important role because it appears in every language skills. Vocabulary building is really important in any language learning.
      Realizing how important the mastery of vocabulary is, particular foe students who study English as a foreign Language at school. Students has mastered the fundamental grammatical patterns of a language, next task into master its vocabulary that needed. Vocabulary is a component of langauge that maintains all of information about meaning and using word in language.
      David Nunan ( 2003, 134) states that vocabulary must not only be known, it must be readly for use. The fluency develpment stand of a course aims at helping learners make the best use of what they already know. It is important to see fluency as being related to each of the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writting with fluency needing to be developed independently in each of these skills. Fluency development activities shuold involve only known language items (there shuold be no unkown vocabulary or grammatical features), should be message-focused, should involve subtantial quatities of input and output, and should involve some pressure to problem faster than usual.
      Assessing student learning is a critical component of effective teaching and achievement. Therefore, part of the teacher’s literacy instructional plan needs to include the assess­ment of students’ vocabulary development. We aligned our progress monitoring of vocabulary with the following instructional goals: (1) to enhance vocabulary develop­ment and use, (2) to develop word-learning strategies, and (3) to build word conscious­ness. One approach in assessing students’ vocabulary development is through the use of the rubric. The rubric contains six criteria related to the goals of the vocabulary instructional program. By monitoring students’ progress, teachers may use the results to modify their instruction to meet the needs of individual students, those of the class, and the instructional program.
Table. 1
Rubric for Assessing Vocabulary Development
Criterion
Level #3
Advanced
(3 Points)
Level #2
Developing
(2 Points)
Level #1
Striving
(1 Point)
Word identification

The student is proficient in saying, reading, or writing the word.

The student has some difficulty saying, reading, or writing the word.

The student has a lot of difficulty saying, reading, or writing the word.

Word meaning

The student knows the comprehensive meaning of the word and can discuss multiple meanings of the word.

The student knows a partial meaning of the word but has difficulty discussing a full meaning of the word.

The student does not know the meaning of the word and cannot discuss it.

Reading the word

The student offers a rich explanation of the contextual meaning of the word.
The student offers a partial explanation of the contextual meaning of the word.

The student is not able to explain the contextual meaning of the word

Writing the word
The student uses the word with a high degree of accuracy within the context of writing.
The student uses the word with some degree of accuracy within the context of writing.

The student does not attempt to use the word within the context of writing.

Word-learning strategies

The student uses a range of word-learning strategies, along with varied resources, to learn new words.

The student uses few word-learning strategies and resources to learn new words.

The student does not use word-learning strategies and resources to learn new words

Word consciousness

The student demonstrates an awareness and interest in learning and using new words.

The student demonstrates a minimal awareness and interest in learning and using new words.

The student does not demonstrate an awareness and interest in learning and using new words.

Overall level of vocabulary development

Advanced level
18–13 points
Developing level
12–7 points
Striving level
6–0 points

2.      The Meaning of Vocabulary
      Words represent complex and, often, multiple meanings. Furthermore, these complex, multiple meanings of words need to be understood in the context of other words in the sentences and paragraphs of texts. Not only are students expected to understand words in texts, but also texts can be expected to introduce them to many new words. The vocabulary of written language is much more extensive and diverse than the vocabulary of oral language (Hayes, Wolfer, & Wolfe, 1996) in Michael L. Kamil and Elfrieda H. Hiebert (2005: 1).
      The National Reading Panel (NICHD, 2000) in Michael L. Kamil and Elfrieda H. Hiebert (2005: 2) identified the components of reading as phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. As the content of the chapters in this book illustrates, vocabulary holds a special place among these components. Vocabulary is not a developmental skill or one that can ever be seen as fully mastered. The expansion and elaboration of vocabularies is something that extends across a lifetime. A first consideration in delineating the construct of "vocabulary" in research and practice is that individuals have various types of vocabulary that they use for different purposes. Failure to distinguish among the different kinds of vocabulary can lead to confusion and disagreement about both research findings and instructional implications. Generically, vocabulary is the knowledge of meanings of words. What complicates this definition is the fact that words come in at least two forms: oral and print. Knowledge of words also comes in at least two forms, receptive—that which we can understand or recognize—and productive—the vocabulary we use when we write or speak.
      Oral vocabulary is the set of words for which we know the meanings when we speak or read orally. Print vocabulary consists of those words for which the meaning is known when we write or read silently. These are important distinctions because the set of words that beginning readers know are mainly oral representations. As they learn to read, print vocabulary comes to play an increasingly larger role in literacy than does the oral vocabulary.
      In general, recognition or receptive vocabulary is larger than production vocabulary. And, as noted earlier, for beginning readers, oral vocabulary far outstrips print vocabulary. However, if the print vocabulary is more complex than the child's oral vocabulary, comprehension will not occur. That is, the process of decoding a word to speech does nothing more than change its representation from visual print to oral speech. If it is not in the child's vocabulary, it is simply an unusual collection of speech sounds.
3.      The Use of Vocabulary
      Acording to Sumi Purwayi (2012), STAIN Bengkalis “ Using Power Point in Increasing Students’ Vocabulary Mastery of The Seventh Grade Students at SMP Al- Amin Bengkalis”, vocabulary is very important in studying in foreign language becase without having vocabularies someone cannot speak well, especially in English. Vocabulary is important in an effpprt in learning language vocabulary profeciency. It effects noy only in students reading skill, but also their speaking, listening, and writing skill. In speaking the word, someone choose the word that effect how weel she/he understand. In liteningg vocabulary to much someone in understand in class lecture, speeches, and class discussion. In writing vocabulary can determine how clearly and accuratly can express idea.

      Based on explanation above, vocabulary is very important in learning foreign language specially for beginner. Communiction wiil not take place well or will no be done any longer if the person who involved a communication does not apply appropriet word.
4.      Definition of Semantic Feature Analysis
      Semantic feature analysis is very similar to semantic mapping in that it draws upon student’s perior knowledge, teacher the relationship between words in a usal way, and incoperates dicussion as a key element.
      Instead of a map, semantic feature analysis uses a grid to organize connection between words. The grid is based on a subject or concept. Down the left side, the teacher write several words related to the concept. Across the top, the teacher writes several features or characteristic that each word may or may not exhibit.
      Semantic feature analysis is a strategy uses a grid to help kids explore how sets of thing are related to one another. By completing and analyzing the grid, students are able to see connections, make prediction and master important concept. This strategy enhances comprehension and vocabulary skill. (http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/)
      Semantic feature analysis (SFA) (Lori A. Davis and Suzanne Thompson Stanton, 2005) is a therapeutic technique that is used for the treatment of naming deficits occurring with aphasia. Aphasia commonly impairs a person’s ability to retrieve words easily, and speechlanguage pathologists (SLPs) often struggle to determine an effective means of facilitating this skill. SFA has been shown to improve naming of targeted items with generalization to control stimuli. SFA also teaches the individual with aphasia a process for accessing semantic networks and for self-cueing. This project examined the use of SFA to address naming deficits and measured the impact of SFA on connected speech output with an individual with moderate aphasia with both expressive and receptive components. The study was conducted in two phases: The first stage examined improvements in naming skills, and the second stage assessed improvements in connected speech. This individual demonstrated improvements in naming for trained and untrained stimuli and also increased in measures of connected speech from baseline over a 17-month period. The usefulness of SFA for practicing SLPs in the current health care service delivery system is discussed.
      Semantic feature analysis (Johnson and Pearson, 1984 in Pairah, 2013: 14) is a technique that guides students through analyzing vocamulary by identifying key characteristics and comparing these characteristic with other known concepts. Through the use of a matrix grid, students are able to code a number of key vocabulary or concept in terms of several important qualities.
      Patrecia Anderes and Candace Bos (1986) in Pairah, have devised an effective way to teach vocabulary called Semantic Featura Analysis. This technique incorporates several of the principales we have discussed : attention to context and elaboaration, use of a graphic organizer, making use of spoken language and student interaction, to name a few. Semantic Featura Analysis is designed to help the students to learn the vocabulary.
      According to me, Semantic Feature Analysis is a strategy that uses a grid and matrix to help students in learning vocabulary and understanding the meaning of word.
5.      Benefits of Semantic Feature Analysis
      A semantic Feature Analysis improves students comprehension, vocabulary and content retention. This strategy helps students to examine related feature or concept and make distinctions among them. By analyzing the completed matrix, students are able to visualize connection, make prediction and better understand important concepts.
      Teacher can use this strategy with the whole class, small groups, or individually. Monitoring each student’s matrix provides teacher with information about the topic. This allows teacher to tailor instruction accordingly.
6.      Strategy Steps
The following steps are:
1.      Select a category
SPAs can be constructed for most categories of words. With students new to this procedure, it is best to select categories that are concrete and familiar. The category word can be a vocabulary word or it may bo one of the major topics of the story selection. Wtite the category in to thye top left-hand box of the grid.
2.      List word in the category.
List three or four words that name concept or objaect related to the category down the left side of the grid.
3.      Add features
Write three or four features (traits, characteristic, properties) of the category across the top of the grid. Start only with a few features and allow students to add more later.
4.      Determine featura possession
Guide students through the matrix, asking them to decide if the word of the left of the grid has each of the features listed across the top. If the students decide that it usually has a feature put a plus  (+) sign in the box. If it does not usually possess that feature, put a minus (-) sign in the box. If the students are unsure, put a question mark in the box. The question mark serves as a place holder, allowing discussion to continue while marking an area that will require investigation.
5.      Add more words and features
Students add mora words that fit the category and features that apply to those words. Add these to the grid.
6.      Complete the grid
Students complete the grid either individually, with a learning partner, or in a small group. They can use reference books and other source to find the answers for the boxes and marked with question marks.
7.      Discuss the grid
Students examine the complete grid carefully, nothing the similarities and differences among the  words. Ask with word in the categories seem to be the most alike (share the most common features) and which one seem to be the most different. Guide them in making generalizations as well as in nothing the unique feature of words.
H.    Relevance of the Research
            The research relevant with Kurniawan (2012), STAIN Bengkalis with title “ The Effectiveness of Expreriental Learning Method Toward the Students’ Ability in Mastery Vocabulary of the Eighth Grade at SMPN 3 Bantan”. He counducted the research and concluded that the studends’ vocabulary in Experimental Group after using experiental leraning method by using media picture of the eighth grade at SMPN 3 Bantan got 58,33% got Poor category.
            Meanwhile in this reseacrch, the researcher investigates the use of semantic feature analysis to increase students’ vocabulary mastery of the seventh grade at smpn 3 Bukit-Batu.

I.       The Operational Concept
            This concept is main element to avoid misunderstanding and misinterpreting in a specific study as a concpet is still operated into a particular a words in order easy to measure. Therefore, the operational concept can be see in these indicator as follows:
Table. 2
The Operational Concept
Title
Variable
Sub Variable
Indicators
The Use of Semantic Feature Analysis to Increase Students’ Vocabulary Mastery of the Seventh Grade at SMPN 3 Bukit-Batu.
The effect use of semantic feature analysis
a.    Using semantic feature analysis
-       The students are able to complete the matrix using a symbol (+), (-) and able to clasification the material
-       The students are able to choose category and feature
The students’ vocabulary mastery
b.    Vocabulary mastery
-       The students are able to add new vocabulary
-       The students are able to understand a classification of word

J.      The Assumtion and the Hyphothesis
1.      The Assumption
      The students can not understanding meaning of word since became a problem in vocabilaries. So. It is intended to use semantic feature strategy in increasing students’ vocabulary mastery. For researcher assumes that using semnatic feature make easier for students to increas their vocabulary and semantic feature also will make the students able to see connection, make prediction and master importent concept.
2.      The Hypothesis
Ha : There is significanteffect of using semantic feature analysis in increasing students’s vocabulary mastery.
Ho  :There is no significanteffect of using semantic feature analysis in increasing students’s vocabulary mastery.
K.    The Method of Research
1.      Research Design
      The method of the research is experiment research. There are two kinds of groups; the experimental and control group. The design of this research is pre experiment design with pre-test and post-test prosedure in experimental group and control group. Pre-test will be given in control group and post-test will be given in experimental group.
      The students in control group will be given a pre-test without treatment whereas the students in experimental group will be given post-test with treatment. It aim to know how well the students’ achievements in mastery vocabulary before and after treatment. The designed is used from Bambang Setiyadi (2006: 132) as follows :
      T1  X  T2
Where:
T1   : Pre-test
X   : Treatment
T2   : Post-test
2.      Location and Time of the Research
      The location  of  research is seventh grade atSMPN 3 Bukit-Batu. The time started from October until January 2014.
3.      The Population and Sample of the Research  
a.        Population
     The population of this research is the seventh grade of SMPN 3 Bukit-Batu. The number of population is 22 students.
Table. 3
The population of the research
No
Classroom
Sex
Population
Male
Female
1
VII A
9
13
22
2
VII B
10
15
25
3
VII C
8
12
20
4
VII D
6
15
21

b.        Sample
            In this research, the researcher takes two clasess as sample. Bacause there are two kinds of group in reasearch, there are Experimental Group (EG) and Control Group (CG). The researcher choose Class VII A with a total of students are 22 as Experimental Group and Class VII B with a total of students are 25 as Control Group. It can be seen in the table below:
Table. 4
The sample of research
No
Classroom
Sex
Sample
Male
Female
1
VII A
9
13
22
2
VII B
10
15
25

L.     The Technique of Collecting Data
1.      Test
a.      Pre-test
The researcher used pre-test because wants to know the effectiveness of using semantic feature analysis to increase students’ vocabulary mastery. In the biginning, the pre-test wiil be carried out in Control Group (CG), the researcher gave each students test in the form written test.

b.      Post test
The post test was carried out at the last meeting in Experimental Group (EG). The students here will be given post-test after treatment. One of the purposes of giving the post test is to know the students’ vocabulary after using of semantic feature analysis technique. And the data of collecting technique is same with the process pre test take place.
In teaching learning process, have some steeps that be done, as follow:
a.       First meeting, the researcher introduse thier self and try to know situation in the class
b.      The researcher take the pre-test students’ vocabulary mastery
c.       The researcher intoduce the new vocabulary by using semantic feature analysis
d.      The researcher ask the students to choose feature of the words to be listed across the top of the matrix or also chosee them prior to the lesson
e.       The students complete the matrix by using a plus sign (+) and minus sign (-) for feature that apply to each word.
f.       The researcher gave the post-test
M.   The Data Analysis Technique
The data gathering was analyzed and compared with the expected number of which the percentage by using kuatitatif score. To get percentage of a study on the use semsntic feature analysis the following formula is:
P= x 100%
Where:
P     =   The percentage of students
F     =   Total score of respondent
N    =   Number of cases or total of frequency
            (Anas sudijono, 2009 : 43)
Computing the mean score, the researcher used a formula determine Anas Sudijono (2009 : 81). The formula as follow:
       Mx                =
Where:
Mx     =   Mean variable X
     =   Sume of score variable X
       = Number of students
To get standar deviation, the rsearcher used the formula as follow :
         SDX     =
Where :
SD    =   Standar deviation
   =   The square of the total individu
      =   Number of students
         In order to know the significant effect the use of semantic feature analysis in increasing vocabulary, the reseacher will compare the average score of pre-test and post-test used formula, as follow :
       to =  
(Hartono, 2004 : 191 quoted by Sumi : 26)
       The test be detrmined the table is used as company value to the test which is calculated to find out the degree of freedom, the following formula will be used :
       Df =     (N1+N2)-2
Where :
Df   =   Degree of freedom
N1   =   The number of individual in experimental class
N2    =   The number of individual in control class
(Hartono, 2004 : 192 quoted by Sumi)
Criteria of hypothesis
Acceptable:
to tt = Reject null Hypothesis
to tt = revalue null Hypothesis




            in measuring the students’ ability, the reseacher fixed the score follow:
RANK
ABILITY LEVEL
81 – 100
EXCELLENT
61 – 80
VERY GOOD
41- 60
GOOD
21 -  60
FAIR
0 -20
POOR
            (Suharsimi Arikunto, 1992,107 quoted by Sumi, 2012)


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__________. Essential Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary.__________. __________.
__________. Word Knowledge Sample Lesson Semantic Featura Analysis. __________.__________.


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