DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY WORKSHEET USING SCIENTIFIC APPROACH ON WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP NEGERI 2 BABALAN

Abstract

DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY WORKSHEET USING
SCIENTIFIC APPROACH ON WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR
THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP NEGERI 2 BABALAN

*Amalia Chandra Dewi
**Dr. Rahmad Husein, M.Ed.
**Safrida Lubis, S.Pd., M.Hum.
ABSTRACTS

Dewi, Amalia Chandra. Registration Number: 2133121003. Developing
Students’ Vocabulary Worksheet using Scientific Approach on Writing
Descriptive Text for the Seventh Grade Students at SMP Negeri 2 Babalan. A
Thesis. English Education Program, State University of Medan, 2020.
The aimed of this study was to develop students’ vocabulary worksheet based on
scientific approach on writing descriptive text for seventh grade students at SMP
Negeri 2 Babalan. This study was conducted by using Research and Development
(R&D) design through six stages; gathering information and data, analyzing data,
designing materials, validating by experts, revising, and final product.The subject
of the study was grade VII of SMP Negeri 2 Babalan. The instruments of data
collection were gathered by administering interview and distributing
questionnaire. The study conducted interview to the English teacher and
distributing questionnaire to 27 respondents to get the students’ needs. The
interview and questionnaire results proved that the students need vocabulary
worksheet based on scientific approach in writing descriptive which can help
students to enrich the vocabulary. The product has been validated by an English
lecturer and an English teacher with the average score is 4.6. The product was
categorized as “Very good” students’ vocabulary worksheet in writing descriptive
text. The final product of this study was a set of developed students’ vocabulary
worksheet in writing descriptive text, it consisted five parts which were adapted
from Scientific Approach. Every part has 3-5 tasks that covered the learning
needs. It also has key words and the topics that are going to be done by the
students in the first page of every part of the worksheet.

Keywords : Vocabulary, Worksheet, Scientific Approach, Research and

Development (R&D), Writing Descriptive Text