INTRODUCTION

Vocabulary is the set of known words and their meaning can be used by someone in a language. defined set of all one's vocabulary word that is understood by the person or all the words that are likely to be used by that person to make a new sentence. wealth of a person's vocabulary is generally considered to be an overview of intelligence or education level.

Nowadays, understanding of the vocabulary is generally considered an important part in the learning process language development or the ability of a person in a language that has been mastered. Children are usually taught new words as part of a particular subject, many adults who consider that the formation of a vocabulary of interesting and educational activities.

Exercises for vocabulary enrichment is highly recommended to use flash card for students, they can add and remember vocabulary easily as looking at the pictures. Flash cards can be used to learn virtually any set of information. In elementary schools, they are often employed to assist students with memorization of basic math principles. When used to teach a foreign language, flash cards help students review vocabulary words and their meanings. Flash cards are an educational tool to help people memorize information. Though technological advances have enhanced many learning devices, simple flash cards have remained a vital part of the learning environment. Education flash cards or picture cards card card is equipped with the words, which were introduced by Glenn Doman, a brain surgeon left from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the pictures on the card flas grouped grouped among others: the series of animals, fruits, clothing, colors, numbers and so on. cards are disclosed to be played by children and read correctly in one minute for each card.

DISCUSSION

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Definition According to Webster (1972:6) a set of flash consist of card numbers, words,

and others. Flash cards are an educational tool to help people memorize information. Though technological advances have enhanced many learning devices, simple flash cards have remained a vital part of the learning environment. 2. The Advantage Using Flash Cards

For children at reading age, flash cards can be used in conjunction with word cards. These are simply cards that display the written word. Word cards should be introduced well after the pictorial cards so as not to interfere with correct pronunciation. Flash cards are a really handy resource to have and can be useful at every stage of the class. They are a great way to present, practice and recycle vocabulary and when students become familiar with the activities used in class, they can be given out to earlyfinishers to use in small groups. I sometimes get the students to make their own sets of mini flash cards that can be taken home for them to play with, with parents and siblings. Using flash card media also enhance student ability in memorizing and mastering vocabulary.

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The Students Grade and Allocation Time

We decide to use flash card media on students in the early grade of elementary school, the first until third grade. Because young learner need a tools to improve their understanding and young learner prefer to play than learn, therefore; we must stimulate their interest and motivate them with using media which can grow their interest in learning. Moreover nowadays is a globalization era which is many games and things available in public, in information and communication era a teacher must more creative for growing student interest in learning.

For the allocation time, we decided to use 10 minutes for explained the material and 20-30 minutes for the fun activities using flashcard. Because we think in vocabulary mastery do not need many explanation, the important is the practiced and the students memorize and also understanding the words.

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The Using Media On teaching learning process flash card can used as teaching resources and also

teaching aids. It depend how we use and how creative we are. On this case, we will use flash card media as teaching resources in vocabulary mastery. We can buy the flash cards, some course books provide a supplementary pack of flash cards or they can be bought in sets. For economize we can make it own, it is really easy to make our own flash card even if we arent creative. We can use pictures from magazines, draw simple pictures or copy from the internet or clip art. The most important thing is to make sure they are all of the same size, on card (different colors for different sets) and it will better if we laminate the sets, they will last for years. The advantage of making our own, apart from the fact that they're cheap, moreover; we can make sets for our specific needs. We may like to make a set to use in conjunction with a story book or graded reader, or even to accompany project work. Or our student who make the flash card, give each one an item to draw. Flashcards for Study Groups For classes that require you to memorize many definitions, such as social studies or learning vocabularies, we may want to gather together to create a master list of flash cards using the glossary in the back of your textbook. If possible, use color coding to indicate for which chapter each term is relevant. We also can make a matching game with our cards for our study group. Make separate cards for the questions and the answers, leaving the back sides blank. Place the cards face down and turn them over, one by one, trying to find matches. Then, make a competition with our cards by forming two or more teams. Assign a scorekeeper to hold up cards and keep track as team members call out the right answers. This would be a good way to make teaching learning process more alive.

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The Activities As Teaching Aids:

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Show the front of the card (which contains images and words in the English language) to students.

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Cards that have been prepared and held at chest level facing the students. while the teacher read the card show English text according to pronunciation (how to read it) as written behind the card, then read it also means that they understand.

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Read the text printed on the card with an audible voice and guide children to follow.

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Repeatedly do it consistently, so that children can learn to be systematic so that the absorption rate in the recall would be more optimal but do not switch to another card before the students can follow the correct English pronunciation. repeat until the pronunciation of spoken English is good and right.

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Divide students into five groups. Place a selection of flash cards on the floor in a circle. Give students one minute to memorize the cards. Then all groups have one minute to write as many as they can remember. Evaluate student result.

Or: 1. Show the front of the card (which contains images and words in the English language) to students. 2. Read the text printed on the card with an audible voice and guide children to follow. 3. Repeatedly do it consistently, so that children can learn to be systematic so that the absorption rate in the recall would be more optimal but do not switch to another card before the students can follow the correct English pronunciation. repeat until the pronunciation of spoken English is good and right.

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Point or race to the flash cards. Stick flash cards around the class. Ask one of students point or race it to the entire class, students then give the instructions to classmates.

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We can extend this by saying "hop to the cat" or can also incorporate flash cards into a game of Doctor Says "Doctor says, jump to the dog" etc.

As Teaching Resources:

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Show the front of the card (which contains images and words in the English language) to students.

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Read the text printed on the card with an audible voice and guide children to follow.

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Repeatedly do it consistently, so that children can learn to be systematic so that the absorption rate in the recall would be more optimal but do not switch to another card before the students can follow the correct English pronunciation. repeat until the pronunciation of spoken English is good and right.

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Prepared and stick 9 flash cards on the board. Use a pen or a pointer to drill the 9 words. Always point to the flash card you are drilling.

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Gradually remove the flash cards. When the first card is removed and you point to the blank space, nod your head to encourage children to say the word of the removed flash card.

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Students should remember and continue as if the flash cards were still there. They seem to be amazed that they can remember the pictures.

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Also asked other question, such as: what is the color of the card which removed, and some information related with the picture.

Or:

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Show the front of the card (which contains images and words in the English language) to students.

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Read the text printed on the card with an audible voice and guide children to follow.

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Repeatedly do it consistently, so that children can learn to be systematic so that the absorption rate in the recall would be more optimal but do not switch to another card before the students can follow the correct English pronunciation. repeat until the pronunciation of spoken English is good and right.

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Cover the flash card or word card with a piece of card and slowly reveal it. Students guess which one it is. Once the card is shown, chorally drill the word with the group using different intonation and silly voices to keep it fun. Vary the volume too, whisper and shout the words. Children will automatically copy your voice.

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Alternatively, flip the card over very quickly so the children just get a quick glimpse.

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Repeat until they have guessed the word. Then asked them some questioned related the picture, example how is the dock sound? or what the duck color? etc.

CONCLUSION

We assumed that the flash card could be used to improve student vocabulary mastery. The flash card can be used to improve students vocabulary mastery because: 1. It provide interesting attractive and colored picture, so the students feel intersted in the teaching learning process. 2. Its offer the information, so the students can create a vivid writing and explore them more. 3. And by using flash card student can develop the idea, they can guessed the meaning from the picture their seen and it more easy for them to understand and memorize quickly.

In conclusion, we concludes that the teaching vocabulary using flash card is good enough. Then, flash card can be an alternative aids for language item in vocabulary mastery.

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Sample of Flash Card