ABSTRACT
This research is conducted to compare the teaching English vocabulary using audiovisual and conventional techniques to the Elementary school students. Teaching vocabulary to Elementary School students is not an easy task. It requires a lot of creativity from a professional teacher. The objective of the study is to identify whether there is any significant difference in students’ achievement in vocabulary between those who were taught by using a television as a medium and those who were taught by using conventional technique. This way, hopefully, would be useful for teachers and students in language teaching and learning process.
The Elementary school students have different characteristics with adults; they easily get bored, losing interest after ten minutes or so. A teacher of this level has got a challenging task to motivate them. He or she needs to modify the way of their teaching. So, they can use the media in order to attract their attention and interest.
Experimental research was used here to get the data. The object of this study was the fifth graders of SD N Mlati Lor I Kudus. The numbers of them were 38 students. Based on the data obtained, from the school of the fifth graders of SD N Mlati Lor I in the academic year of 2005/2006, the scores of vocabulary test by students who were taught by using television as the medium are better than those who were taught by using conventional technique.
The t-test application to the scores of the two groups showed that the tvalue (2.77) is higher than the t-table number (2.028). Therefore, the way of teaching vocabulary by using television as the medium presented in this final project was proved to be better.
Therefore, teacher should always try to find better techniques for their teaching. Based on the result, teachers can apply the use of television as the medium as an alternative way in improving students’ vocabulary.
