A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN NATURAL APPROACH AND QUANTUM LEARNING METHOD IN TEACHING VOCABULARY TO THE STUDENTS OF SMP N 16 BENGKULU

A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN NATURAL APPROACH AND QUANTUM LEARNING METHOD IN TEACHING VOCABULARY TO THE STUDENTS OF SMP N 16 BENGKULU

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Written by :

Name : JON SASTRO

NPM : 0821110047

ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM
THE FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF BENGKULU
2011

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

This chapter presents brief discussion of the background, research question, the objective of the research, significance of the research, limitation of the research, definition of key terms.

1.1    Background

English as a foreign language is well known as one of the most important language for development of every segments structure in this country, such as technology in factory, education at school, business for economic development, and of course art and culture.

There are some effective methods to teach English, especially how to teach vocabulary to the young learners. We can implement one of the methods that usually used at the English  course, known as natural approach method; as part of the natural approach, according to the writer’s observation, students listen to the teacher using the target language communicatively from the beginning. It has certain similarities with the much earlier direct method, with the important exception that students are allowed to use their native language alongside the target language as part of the language learning process. In early stages, students are not corrected during oral production, as the teacher is focusing on meaning rather than form (unless the error is so drastic that it actually hinders meaning). On the other hand, we use a quantum learning method in which implemented by many teachers in mamy schools recently. In this method, the teacher should creates an enjoyable learning throughout the learning process by the game, fictures, story telling, etc. and by all of those processes, the student active participant will obviously seen.

These conditions invite the writer’s curiosity to examine carefully wherter natural approach is more effective than quantum learning method, a comparative; a comparative study between quantum learning and natural approach method in teaching vocabulary to the student of SMP N 16 Bengkulu.

1.2    Research question

The research question of this research are :

1.      What are the similarities and differences between natural approach and quantum learning method?

2.      How does the teacher teach vocabulary when natural approach and quantum learning method implement in school and what kind of vocabulary that use by the teacher ?

3.       Which method is better in teaching english vocabulary?

1.3     The Objective of the Research 

The objective of this research are:

1.      To find out the similarities and differences between natural approach and quantum learning method.

2.      To know the teachers’ ways to teach vocabulary when natural approach and quantum learning method implement in school and what kind of vocabulary that use by the teacher.

3.      To find out which method is better in teaching english vocabulary

1.4    the significance of the research

The writer hopes that this research will have some benefits in the study of English, especially in teaching vocabulary. There are two kinds of benefits in this research: theoritical and practical benefits.

1. Theoretical Benefits

a. The result of the research can be a model of the implementation of teaching vocabulary.

b. The result of this research paper can be used for the next researchers who are interested    in teaching vocabulary.

2. Practical Benefits

a. By seeing the result, the students can reflect their learning vocabulary.

b. The lecturer can also reflect his teaching.

c. The teaching can be adopted by other lecturers in teaching vocabulary.

1.5    Limitation of the Research

This research is only limited on the  “A Comparative Study Between Natural Approach And Quantum Learning Method In Teaching Vocabulary To The Students Of Smp N 16 Bengkulu”

1.6 Definition of key term

1.      comperative means to compare between two methods in this research, the natural approach and quantum learning method

2.      natural approach is an approach that combines acquisition and learning as a means of facilitating language development in adult

3.      quantum learning is a powerful and engaging teaching and learning methodology that integrates best educational practices into unified whole

4.      vocabulary is words as units that were part of grammatical pattern

CHAPTER II

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Definition of natural approach

Natural approach is an approach that combines acquisition and learning as a means of facilitating language development in adult, it is focusing on the wide range of activities including games, role plays, dialogs, group work and discussions. The natural approach was developed by Tracy Terrell and Stephen krashen, starting in 977. It came to have wide influence in language teaching in the united states and around the world.

2.2  Definition of quantum learning

Quantum learning is a powerful and engaging teaching and learning methodology that integrates best educational practices into unified whole. This synergistic approach to the learning process covers both theory and practice. Quantum learning is derived from an effort of a Bulgarian Goergi Lazanov. He was implemented an experiment which he called a suggetology (seggestopedia). He convinced that a suggestion is surely  be able influence the learning process, whether it is a positive ar a negative suggestion.

CHAPTER III

METHODOLOGY

3.1  Research Design

In generally, this research is to find out which method are most effective and efficient in learning English vocabulary. In here, the design of this research was a quantitative method. According to David Wilkinson on his book the complete Guide to practitioner research state; survey, test, structured, interview, library experiment, and non-permanen observation are usually categorized as quantitative data collection method. Quantitative data are those types of data that can usually be reduced to numerican form. The analysis of these data type involves manipulating them in some way and / or applying some form of statistical test (Wilkinson, 2000:7 and 81)

3.2  Data collection

In collecting the data, the researcher use the survey, test, structured, interview, library experiment, and non-permanen observation.

3.3  Data analysis

Soon after getting the students test result, then the writer does the following steps:

1.      Correcting the answer sheet of the test to get the students’ score

2.      Calculating the score to get

3.      After getting the data, then the writer analyzed the data to get t-test and then t-test result is compared with t-table to know whether the methods are effective or not.