Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Using Reading Texts

Gitit Indra Putra Wacana

Abstract

In language learning, vocabulary is very important. The development of these skills should be known from the very beginning as a central element of language teaching. Therefore, this study aimed at finding out the teachers ' way to build vocabulary skills using text at senior high school. The data were collected through an observation and test. The findings revealed that the reading text technique is effective in teaching new vocabularies. Beside that, this technique is important to help students memorize the new vocabularies. It can also stimulate them to be creative in producing and creating sentences

Keywords

vocabulary mastery; reading texts;

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.71127/2829-9426.397

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