The background of the study in this research is that some students are interested in studying English. Other students are still confused and difficult to understand English, because of limited vocabulary. The students are still confused about past form because they have less vocabulary of it. The teacher still uses conventional method (teacher center) and uses monotonous resources (LKS). To develop students’ vocabulary on past form, the teacher can use fairy tales to help her in teaching learning process.
The problems of this research can be stated as follow:
1. How are fairy tales implemented to improve students’ vocabulary power on past form?
2. How is the improvement of students’ vocabulary power on past form after being taught with fairy tales?
The objectives of this study are (1) To describe the implementation of fairy tales to improve students’ vocabulary power on past form, (2) To improve the students’ vocabulary power on past form after being taught through fairy tales.
The study was conducted at SMPN 23 Semarang in the academic year of 20010/2011. The subject of this study was the students of eighth grade in class VIII D. the number of the students was forty. The research design used was classroom action research. The researcher conducted preliminary research and three cycles in classroom action research. The data from the observation that had been done in every cycle were analyzed in descriptive explanation while the data from test explained quantitatively. The data collection was done using observation and test.
The result shows in preliminary, there were about 44% or half of students give attention and response maximally to the teacher, the average of the students’ achievement was 56.5. In the first cycle there were about 48% or still half of students were active in the class, but the average of the students’ achievement was 58. In the second cycle there were about 56% or many of students were active in the class, the average of the students’ achievement was 63.5. In the third cycle there were 76% or majority of students were active in the class, the average of the students’ achievement was 73.5. It can be said that fairy tales is an effective media to improve students’ vocabulary power on past form.
The result of this study is expected to be information for many teachers especially English teachers in teaching vocabulary so that they can produce students who master English well.