The Impact of Flashcard Media Towards English Vocabulary For Disability Students At SLB Negeri Sorong Regency

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find out whether a flashcard media impact or not in teaching vocabulary for disability students especially mental retardation at SLB Negeri Sorong Regency. Related to the objective, the research used pre-experimental research design. The population of this research was seventh grade students of SLB Negeri Sorong Regency which consist of 7 students. The sample of this research was 5 students of seventh grade who considered have mental retardation. The researcher used 10 matched words from the pretest and posttest when gathering data. The researcher calculated the data using the SPSS 20 application for analyzing the data.  After Analyzed the result of paired sample T-test, the Alternative hypothesis which said that Flashcard media impact the student’s vocabulary at SLB Negeri Sorong Regency especially students with mental retardation is accepted and the Null hypothesis is rejected. In addition to result of P-Value (0.001) than smaller P-value (0.05).It means that the students’ vocabulary score between pretest and posttest is significantly different. It can be concluded that flashcard media impacts the students’ vocabulary for disability students' especially for mental retardation.