The Use of Rosetta Stone® as Teaching Media to Improve Students’ Vocabulary Mastery

Gigih Aji Prasetyo, Martono Martono, Suparno Suparno

Abstract

The objectives of the research are to identify: (1) whether the use of Rosetta Stone® can improve students‟ vocabulary mastery; (2) the strengths and weaknesses of Rosetta Stone®. The research was carried out at a Junior High School in Surakarta, Central Java in 2014/2015 academic year. It was conducted in two cycles and applied Rosetta Stone® as teaching media for teaching vocabulary. The data were analysed by qualitative and quantitative methods. The result of the research showed the improvements, students could:

(1) pronounce most of the words correctly; (2) memorized the new words more easily; (3) use the correct grammar in sentences. The class situation also improved, the students: (1) gave a full attention and did not make non- academic activities during teaching learning process; (2) tended to be active learner. In addition, the students‟ mean score also improved. The strengths of Rosetta Stone® are on the enhancement of teaching learning process. On the other hand, the weaknesses of this software are on the task preparation and the images limitation.

 

Keywords

vocabulary mastery; media; Rosetta Stone

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/eed.v6i3.35889

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