Abstract :
This study was conducted based on the consideration of the problems that
the students had in vocabulary mastery at the second grade of SD Muhammadiyah
Gresik. The researcher found that students? vocabulary mastery was low. Based
on the preliminary study, the fact that the average score obtained from the pre test
was 61, 38 and the passing grade (KKM) for English lesson was 65. It means that,
the students could not achieve the minimum standard of the school. The subjects
in this study were the second grade students of SD Muhammadiyah Gresik. This
study was to investigate ?how can custom animation power point in cooperative
learning improve the second grade students? vocabulary mastery?. The design of
the study is classroom action research. This research was conducted in one cycle
which divided into four main activities; planning, acting, observing, and
reflecting. The criteria of success including; (1) the students? average score in pre
test are 65. (2) the students are motivated to join activities on strategy.
The research findings showed that custom animation power point in
cooperative learning was effective strategy to teach vocabulary at SD
Muhammadiyah Benjeng. The students? score of pre test was 61, 38. It was
improvement in post test, 88. Some procedures found after implementing the
strategy, they were: (1 )teacher opened custom animation power point when
teaching vocabulary and she could be standing in front of class and teaching her
or his students using custom animation power point in slides presentation with
pictures and sound as media for teaching, (2) teacher divided students in a small
group and gave instruction to do activities related the material, (3) students
worked together in each group to do the teacher?s instruction or activities during
lesson, (4) teacher called one student in each group randomly to present their
work or task in front of class and other students in their group must help their
friends in the same groups if they got difficulty in doing activities or teacher?s
instruction.
Based on the research findings, three suggestions are provided. The first,
the English teachers has to consider the time allotment to teach and the level of
the students that they teach. The second, the school/ headmaster should provide
the facilities that support teaching technique using multimedia or audio visual
such as LCD/Projector, laptop or mini compo, sound system, etc. The third, the
next researcher should apply custom animation power point in cooperative
learning to improve skills in English; listening, speaking, reading, and writing,
and different level.