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perpustakaan.uns.ac.iddigilib.uns.ac.id 7A new item of vocabulary may be more than a single word which is madeup of 2 or 3 words but expressing a single idea. Additionally, Moon in Schmittand McCarthy (1997: 105) argues that traditionally, vocabulary consists not onlyof single words: lexemes are often made up of strings of more that one word.From all definitions above, it can be concluded that vocabulary is a set ofwords that are taught in foreign language. Vocabulary is also closely related to alist of words used to express the speakers’ idea.2. Kinds of VocabularyThere are two kinds of vocabulary, receptive and productive vocabulary.Haycraft in Hatch and Brown (1995: 370) states that receptive vocabulary iswords that the student recognizes and understands when they occur in a context,but which he cannot produce correctly, and productive vocabulary is words whichthe student understands, can pronounce correctly, and use constructively inspeaking and writing.Since the subject of the study is elementary school students, the objectiveof the study is the students’ receptive vocabulary. However, the researcher usedconstructive speaking in the form of communicative classroom activity in order tointroduce vocabulary and language in its communicative function.According to Ur (1996: 60), there are six aspects of vocabulary that needto be taught in teaching vocabulary as follows:a. Form: Pronunciation and SpellingThe learner has to know how a word is pronounced (its pronunciation)and what it looks like (its spelling).b. GrammarA word sometimes comes with grammatical rules. The learner also needsto know the past form of a verb, the plural form of a noun, etc.c. CollocationIt deals with the appropriateness of particular combination of words.commit to user
perpustakaan.uns.ac.iddigilib.uns.ac.id 8d. Aspects of Meaning (1): denotation, connotation, appropriatenessDenotation refers to the meaning of a word as what it refers to in the realworld. Connotation is the meaning of a word when it comes in association,negative or positive evokes that may or may not be stated in dictionarydefinition. The context is also important to determine the meaning of a word.It gives appropriateness where the word commonly used.e. Aspects of Meaning (2): meaning relationshipA word sometimes has a close relationship with others. In languageteaching, this kind of relationship is useful. The learner should recognize thewords in different relationships. Synonyms, antonyms, hyponyms are someof the main ones.f. Word formationCertain vocabulary can be broken down into their components. Students’understanding in prefixes and suffixes can help them in knowing the meaningof words.Those six aspects give what a learner needs to learn language. However,the aspects taught should be matched with the students’ level. Since the researchwas conducted in elementary school, the aspects chosen were spelling,pronunciation, and meaning.3. The Importance of Teaching VocabularyVocabulary is the key aspects of language learning which consists of a listor set of words that individual speakers of language might use for listening,speaking, reading, and writing. It is also the first steps of learning a secondlanguage and becomes the basic competence to get other competences oflanguage. The importance of vocabulary is explained by Coady and Huckin(1997: 5) who states that vocabulary is central to language and of criticalimportance to the typical language learner. It means that vocabulary take animportant role in teaching language. With more vocabulary, the learners willeasily in understanding and using language without any difficulties.commit to user
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