enriching students' vocabulary using theme based youtube video

perpustakaan.uns.ac.iddigilib.uns.ac.id 1CHAPTER IINTRODUCTIONA. Background of the StudyLanguage has important roles to develop intellectual, social, emotionalaspects and to determine success in studying all subject matters. It expectedlyhelps the student to reflect their experiences to show their idea and feelings andalso to understand any kinds of meaning. English, then, is chosen as the firstforeign language to be learned by students in both formal and non-formaleducation in our country. It is included in the curriculum as a compulsory subjectfor the Junior and Senior High School. While, for students in Elementary School,though English is given only as a local subject, it has an important role inpreparing the students to continue their study to the next stages of education.Elementary school is the right place to make the students familiar withEnglish. They, which still belong to young learners in average 6-12 years old, arethe best time in absorbing something new things. For them, English is a newthing, therefore it will be more effective if it is taught to them at this level. In thatlevel, students are always enthusiastic when they get something that they nevergot before. Besides, students can easily in recognizing and rememberingsomething given to them although sometimes they will easily to forget too. Forstudents in elementary school, it is suitable for introducing the basic of Englishthat is vocabulary.Considering the importance of vocabulary competence, it is better tointroduce new vocabulary earlier to the students. It makes them know andunderstand a lot of vocabularies. Inadequacy of vocabulary will obstruct thestudents’ chances to speak, listen, read, or write. It is also the key aspect oflanguage learning which consist of a list or set of words that individual speakersof language might use for speaking, listening, reading, and writing. As stated byVermeer in Schmitt and McCarthy (1997: 140) that knowing the words is the keyto understanding and being understood.commitWithoutto useran extensive vocabulary, students