@article{eprints18705,
           title = {INCREASING STUDENTS? VOCABULARY THROUGH MNEMONIC STORY
TECHNIQUE IN GRADE VIII OF SMP KARYA BHAKTI GADINGREJO.
(A Classroom Action Research)},
          author = {TRI RATNANINGSIH 1013117016},
         journal = {Digital Libary},
             url = {http://digilib.unila.ac.id/18705/},
        abstract = {A vocabulary is very important for students to master the language. By using mnemonic
story technique, students are led to associate the vocabularies they have already preserved in
their memory to the vocabularies in the new text, namely story. It is memory strategy that
helps students to remember information.
From the researcher?s experience as the English teacher at SMP Karya Bhakti Gadingrejo, it
was revealed that the students could not do reading exercise well because they had lacked of
vocabulary. Most of them got difficulties in understanding the content of the text. Therefore,
the researcher has conducted mnemonic story technique to increase students? vocabulary
achievement especially in noun, verb, and adjective, to improve the students? participation as
well as the quality of teacher?s teaching performance.
The subject of the research was class VIII A consisting of 30 students. This classroom action
research was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consisted of planning, action, observation
and interpretation, analysis and reflection. The researcher used indicators dealing with
learning product which covered the students? score and learning process which covered the
students? participation and the teacher?s teaching performance. To collect the data of learning
process and learning product, the researcher used vocabulary test and observation as the
instruments.
The result of Cycle 1 shows that only 12 students (39.99\%) got score ?60. Meanwhile, after
Cycle 2 had been conducted, there are 29 students (96.66\%) who passed the KKM. For the
learning process, that is, the students? participation during the teaching learning process, in
Cycle 1, there are 17 students (59.66\%) got score ?80\% and there are 29 students (96.66\%)
who scored ?80\% in Cycle 2. Meanwhile, for the teacher?s teaching performance, the teacher
achieved score 62 in Cycle 1, and achieved score 82 in Cycle 2. Referring to the result of the
research, it could be concluded that Mnemonic story technique is applicable to increase the
students? vocabulary mastery, and improve the students? participation during the teaching
learning process as well as the teacher?s teaching performance.}
}