IMPROVING ENGLISH VOCABULARY MASTERY IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OF SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS THROUGH PROJECTBASED LEARNING

Abstract

This research is a two-cycle classroom action research consisting of four stages; planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. This research aims to increase students' mastery of English vocabulary, especially in descriptive text through Project Based Learning. The subjects were 33 students in class VII-F of SMP N 1 Getasan. This research took at SMP N 1 Getasan in class VIIF because many of them lack vocabulary mastery. It happened because most of them haven’t got English basic in elementary school. Data collective techniques are observation and documentation, as well as research instruments using observation sheets and questionnaires. The observation did in the implementation stage of each stage by the two observers. The documentation is made in the planning stage of each cycle. Every reflection did with the questionnaire for the students. There is also some test as the documentation to measure the starting situation, cycle I, and cycle II. The results of the study showed that 31 students or 93.9% had completed their studies, while 2 students or 6.1% had not completed them. From the passing grade, it states that if 75% of the total students have scored above 75, then the learning model applied is successful.