CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter discusses about: Background of the study, Problem identification, Limitation of the problems, Statement of the problems, Scope of the study, and The Significance of the study.
A. Background of the Study
English is one of international languages, which is used throughout the world and also English is used in many fields of life such as : in Politics, Economics, Social and Education. Therefore, English as a language in international communication is clearly needed by many learners to deliver thought and interact in a variety of situation.
English is one of the foreign languages for Indonesian students, that must be learnt in school since kindergarten level until University level. English is considered as a difficult subject for the Indonesian students, because English is completely different from Indonesian language being look at from the system of structure, pronunciation and vocabulary.
English teaching involves of four language skills, they are Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. In teaching and learning a language, there are four aspects that support four language skill above such as : grammar, vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation that are also taught in English teaching and learning process. Vocabulary is one of important aspects in teaching language, as stated by Edward in his book : Vocabulary is one of the important factor in all language teaching, student must continually be learning words as they learn structure and as they practice sound system.
B. Problem Identification, Limitation and Formulation
1. Problem identification
Celce Maria stated : Research in first and second language acquisition suggest that initial teaching priorities for language areas should be vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.Therefore, the English teacher has to be able to organize teaching and learning activities, they have to give materials by using a suitable technique and master the lesson effectively. Especially in learning vocabulary, teachers must make the students able to memorize such words in English language and group of new words. The statements above mean, vocabulary is important to teach and teachers must try to find the most effective way to teach it.
There are many problems of language teaching that can be identified as research subjects. We could discuss about methods, material selection, and others. In this research it is identified that teaching technique for kindergarten level is
