@thesis{thesis,
		author={Handayani  Fitri},
		title ={The Use of Thematic Map to Improve Student’s Vocabulary Mastery (A Classroom Action Research of the Seventh Grade Students of SMP N 3 Juwana in the Academic Year 2011/ 2012). },
		year={2012},
		url={http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1181/},
		abstract={Vocabulary is the language component that has to be mastered by the language learners because it is thought as one of the indicators to measure the success of learning language. In fact, people often think that teaching vocabulary is difficult. It is caused by good teaching vocabulary needs many aspects, they are: good method, good students attitude and good teaching media. On the other hand, teacher has limited teaching media. That condition is also happened in SMP N 3 Juwana. The other reason, the students cannot be focus and active. After analyze the problems, the writer assumes to use teaching media that is thematic map to improve the student’s vocabulary mastery.
The objective of this research is used to find out our whether thematic map can improve vocabulary mastery of the seventh grade students of SMP N 3 Juwana in the academic year 2011/ 2012. In this research, the writer make three cycles. This research is conducted at the seventh grade students of SMP N 3 Juwana in the academic year 2011/ 2012. The class consists of thirty four students.
The approach that is used in this research is Classroom Action Research (CAR). It is one of kind of research that is done by teacher in the class. It consist of four stages. These are planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The subject of the research is the seventh grade students of VII D class of SMP N 3 Juwana in academic year 2011/2012.
In the result, the student’s vocabulary mastery improves from cycle I until cycle III. In cycle I, the average of the student’s achievement test score is 68.38, in the cycle II the average of the student’s achievement test score is 77.64, and in the cycle III the average of the student’s achievement test score is 83.67. Besides, the students and teacher’s activity are improved and the problem that faced by teacher are decreased in every cycle. Therefore, the writer can conclude that the use of thematic map can improve student’s vocabulary mastery at the seventh grade students of SMP N 3 Juwana in the academic year 2011/ 2012.
Therefore, the writer recommends some suggestions. First, teacher should be clever in choosing the appropriate media that can both change the student’s attitude toward teaching media and improve the mastery of vocabulary of students. The second on e is the students should change their mindsets about the difficult of learning English.

}
		}