Nurhayati’s study (2008:126) indicates that the frequency of conducting various game could make the students more enjoyable to study English especially reducing their burden to join activities. The students were very energetic and they needed some activities that could make them move. It implies that teachers need to be creative in creating the activities for the students, so that the students do not get bored easily. Besides the strengths, the weaknesses that were found in the research such as limited time, the students’ ability and motivation, the condition of the teacher who paid more attention to the administrative tasks should be considered to be able to a better teaching-learning process apply the better techniques in order to get the perfect result in improving the students’ English vocabulary, spelling and grammar.
Moreover, the up to date research of using interesting media to inspire reading comprehension conducted by Nurhayati (2014b) investigated retelling the ideas and summarizing text using interesting picture series can increase the students’ motivation in reading class especially to improve their reading comprehension. They got more strategies to deliver their ideas to other friends after participating in creating picture series and using those reading strategies. It is also supported by Nurhayati’s current research (2015a) investigated improving students ‘pronunciation ability through Go Fish and Maze Game; moreover it also conducted to get more information what activities which make them tend to become more confidence to pronounce some basic words in enjoyable situation.
RESEARCH METHOD
The research design used in this study is pre-experimental design in the form of one-group pre-test and post-test. Experimental research is a scientific investigation in which an investigator manipulates and controls one or more independent variables and observes the dependent variable (Ary, 1985:284). It means that the experimental research needs a group that can be a control group and other group is experimental group. Experimental research can be done in the laboratory, in the class and in the field.
According to Ary (2006), an experiment is as scientific investigation in which the research manipulates one or more independent variable, controls any other relevant variable, and observes the effect of manipulations on the dependent variable(s).
Table 1.The test illustration of one group pre-test and post-test (Suryabrata, 2010:100)
Pre-test
Independent Variable
Post-test
Y1
X
Y2
In this study the experimental study was done to the fourth grade students at MI Al Hidayah 02 Betak as population. It is done in order to know the significance of Cartoon film media in teaching vocabulary. Sample is also as a way the researcher selects number of individuals as a sample which represents the population. In this study, the researchers took the populations that are the entire of fourth grade students. Then the fourth grade as a sample consists of 25 students at MI Al Hidayah 02 Betak because this study has not been implemented yet in this school especially about media in teaching vocabulary. By applying this technique the students’ knowledge increases than before and it also got experience to conduct useful experimental research. This study uses primary data because it conducted pre- test and post-test to get the data.