TEACHING VOCABULARY MASTERY TO THE PRIMARY PUPILS THROUGH ALPHABET CARDS
The paper aims at explaining how primary pupils are taught vocabulary through Alphabet Cards. The subject of this classroom action research was 20 pupils. The research was a classroom action research which was conducted in two cycles where each cycle consisted of planning, implementation, observation and reflection. The data of this research were obtained from the results of the test and observation sheet, questionnaire, field notes, during the implementation of the action. The findings of the research showed that Alphabet Cards was effective in developing primary pupils’ vocabulary. The effectiveness of Alphabet Cards was shown by the improvement of pupils’ score. The findings revealed that in cycle 1 there were 12 pupils who achieved minimum criteria of achievement. It means that the classical achievement was 60%. In cycle 2, it showed that there were 17 of 20 pupils who achieved the minimum criteria of achievement. It means that the gain achievement was 85%. Gain achievement is based on the number of pupils who get the score at least the criteria of success (70). Both of the gained and individual achievements have met the criteria of success. It can be concluded that the Alphabet cards is very effective to develop the pupils’ vocabulary.