APPROVAL

I acknowledge that I have read this research report

and in my opinion this was sufficient in terms of scope and quality

for the certification of

the degree of Bachelor in Education

Teaching of English as Second Language (TESL)

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 DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this research report is my own work except for quotations and

summaries of each of which was acknowledged

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 DEDICATION

A million thanks to my beloved parents,

Kholidah binti Sayot and Najmuddin bin Abdul Wahab,

For your support, love and encouragement.

Thank you Mak and Ayah.

To my siblings,

Do know that your existence give happiness to me.

Thank you for cheering me up with all of your jokes.

Thank you.

For friends, classmates of TESL January 2013

Thank you for your support, information and encouragement

Surely time spent with all of you will remain in my heart forever.

For my supervisor, Mr. Zaki bin Mohd Amin

Who always be there for me and gives a lot of help and guidance,

Thank you so much.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillah thanks to the Almighty for His blessings, I was able to carry out

and complete my action research on time.

Million thanks to my parents and my siblings for their love, support and

encouragement. Thank you for giving me the hopes and strengths to finish this course.

Special thanks to Mr Mohd Zaki bin Mohd Amin, my action research supervisor

who always gives advices, helps, guidance and knowledge throughout this action

research process. His patience, understanding and readiness to help throughout the

process are highly appreciated. Another special thanks to Mr Yahya bin Yusof for

teaching me the course of Action Research.

Credits also should be given to the headmaster, teachers and pupils of Sekolah

Kebangsaan Jabi, Jerteh, Terengganu for their helps, favours and involvement in this

action research. Without their cooperation, this research could not have been carried

out.

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 ABSTRACT

Dictionary speed awareness contributes to effective vocabulary acquisition in English classroom

which leads to improved comprehension and adequate vocabulary development. This research

examines Year 5 Mawar pupils from Jerteh, Terengganu on dictionary speed and their motivation

in using dictionary with a newly invented aid called Taggin. Three participants have been chosen

for this research based on the early data collection. Taggin is especially designed to make

labelling more prominent in dictionary during word search process. Taggin aims to save pupils

time; enhance their dictionary skill and motivate pupils to use dictionary more. The instruments

for this research are observational checklist, interview and questionnaire. Taggin succeeded in

helping the participants to save their time. Based on the three instruments, the outcome shows

that Taggin has positively affect the participants time taken and their motivation in using

dictionary. Taggin can be improved by providing adhesive tape to the labelling.

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 ABSTRAK

Kesedaran dalam kelajuan penggunaan kamus menyumbang kepada pemerolehan

perbendaharaan kata yang berkesan di dalam kelas bahasa Inggeris yang membawa kepada

peningkatan kefahaman dan pembangunan perbendaharaan kata yang mencukupi. Kajian ini

mengkaji murid-murid Tahun 5 Mawar dari Jerteh, Terengganu pada kelajuan masa untuk

menyemak kamus dan motivasi mereka dalam menggunakan kamus dengan bantuan yang baru

dicipta dipanggil Taggin. Tiga peserta telah dipilih untuk kajian ini berdasarkan pengumpulan

data awal.Taggin direka khas untuk membuat pelabelan lebih menonjol dalam kamus semasa

proses carian perkataan. Taggin bertujuan untuk menjimatkan masa murid;

meningkatkankemahiran kamus mereka serta minat untuk menggunakan kamus. Instrumen

yang digunakan untuk kajian ini adalah senarai semak pemerhatian, temu bual dan soal selidik.

Taggin Berjaya membantu para peserta untuk menjimatkan masa mereka. Berdasarkan tiga

instrumen, hasilnya menunjukkan bahawa Taggin telah member kesan positif kepada masa

peserta dan memberikan motivasi untuk mereka dalam menggunakan kamus. Taggin boleh

diperbaiki dengan menyediakan pita pelekat untuk pelabelan.

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 CONTENT

Page
APPROVAL I
DECLARATION II
DEDICATION III
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IV
ABSTRACT V
ABSTRAK VI
CONTENT VII
LIST OF TABLES IX
LIST OF FIGURES X
LIST OF APPENDICES XII

1 INTRODUCTION 1
1 BACKGROUND
2 CONTEXT
3 REFLECTION OF PAST TEACHING
2 RESEARCH FOCUS 10
1 RESEARCH FOCUS
2 EARLY DATA COLLECTION
3 ACTION
3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS 20
1 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
4 RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS 21
5.0 ACTION PLAN 23

5.1 RESEARCH PROCEDURES

5.2 DATA COLLECTION METHODS
5.3 DATA ANALYSIS

6.0 FINDINGS 40
7.0 REFLECTION 47
8.0 FURTHER ACTIONS 49
9.0 REFERENCES 50
APPENDICES 51

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table Page

1 Tabulated data for initial data result 14

2 Steps in using Taggin 19

3 Implementation of Schedule 24

4 Research Procedures Implementation 26

5 Summary of Data Collection 27

6 Data Collection Method 28

7 Time taken and improvement for Participant A, B and 32

C to look for six words using dictionary

8 Interview transcription of Participant A, B and C 35

9 Questionnaire transcription from two English teachers 37

10 Coding analysis of interview for Research Question 1 42

11 Transcription of interview for Research Question 1 42

12 Coding analysis of questionnaire distributed to two 43

English teachers

13 Coding analysis of interview for Research Question 2 44

14 Transcription interview for Research Question 2 45

15 Coding analysis of questionnaire distributed to two 46

English teachers

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure Page
1 Reflection of Past Teaching Experience 6
2 Kemmis and McTaggart Model of Action Research 16
3 The prominent labelling of Taggin 18

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 LIST OF GRAPHS

Graph Page
1 Graph of improvement for Participant A, B and C to 40

look for six words using dictionary

LIST OF APPENDICES

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Appendix Page
1 Participant Bs dictionary with Taggin 52
2 Questionnaire answered by English teachers 53-54
3 Implementation of action 55
4 The six words to look for during initial and final data 56

collection

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