The Impact of Pictorial Words Mapping Techniques on Students' Vocabulary Size
Keywords:
Pictorial word mapping, english education, vocabulary size
Abstract
The aim of this study is to identify the impact of Pictorial Words Mapping Techniques on Students' Vocabulary Size. The subject taken is 20 students of one state vocational school in Samarinda,East Kalimantan. This action research with pre-test and post-test administered. Instrument of the test is given a picture by identifying the words that containing on the view. The collection words that have been identified are noun, adjective and verb. Result of pre-test and post-test is significant correlated with 0.00>0.05 (24,61). The smallest percentage is verb (12.75%), the highest is noun (51.96%) and adjective (35.29%). And treatment of pre-test and post-test is also related significantly. From 20 students, only 3 students whom are able to write sentences and simple paragraph correctly. However, students still have difficult to identify the objects and mastery the words. Teaching English is facilitated by media is one of to develop of vocabulary building.
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_IN_WRITTEN_PERFORMANCE
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_and_Words_in_Visual_Search)
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Gentner, D,2006, Why Verbs Are Hard To Learn, in K. Hirsh-Pasek, & R. Golinkoff, (Eds.) Action meets word: How children learn verbs (pp. 544564). Oxford University Press. (https://groups.psych.northwestern.edu/gentner/papers/Gentner 06.pdf)
Published
2026-08-14
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Fitriana, R., Tjetje, N. F., Amiruddin, A., Fariyanti, F., & Syakura, M. A. (2026). The Impact of Pictorial Words Mapping Techniques on Students’ Vocabulary Size. International Journal of Education, Vocational and Social Science , 5(03), 7394-7405. https://doi.org/10.63922/ijevss.v5i03.6009
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