THE INFLUENCE OF VOCABULARY MASTERY TO SPEAKING SKILL USING PICTURE

Abstract

The observations found in grade IV elementary school, Semarang City, illustrated that the level of mastery of vocabulary students were low. From 20 students, 10 students did not reach KKM (75). This paper aims to know how big influence of vocabulary mastery to speaking skill using series picture at fourth grade of public elementary school in Gugus Srikandi, Semarang City, Indonesia. The methodology used is quantitative approach with non-experimental causal relationship design. Fourth grade students from public elementary school of Gugus Srikandi in Semarang City is population. This research used 50 students from all schools randomly and proportionally taken. Researcher used test and non-test (performance) instruments. The activity to take data during Indonesian Lesson. The students saw picture series. Then, they told it verbally. Assessment used test and rubric. Data analysis used correlation analysis and simple regression. The results showed that vocabulary mastery and speaking skills at fourth grade of public elementary school mostly in enough category. In addition, this media (series picture) increased students’ motivation to speaking