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Using languages cannot be separated from the words. A word is a tool in
communication for representative of a lexeme. In English, words consist of: noun,
verb, adjective, adverb, and etc. mastering'"vords are considered as the important
materials for students especially the using of verbs. Irregular verbs are chosen in
this research because they have differences in pattems, forms, and sounds so they
are unpredictable in changing. Meanwhile, regular verbs have same pattem where
to change a new form they just added -ed in the end. Therefore, to master
irregular verbs students should memorize them one by one. To memorize them,
students faced problems especially in choosing media to support it. Flashcarcis and
flipchart are kinds of display teaching media and they are chosen to solve the
problem. These media were cheap, easy made, and easy prepared in the
classroom. This research was done to knor.v whether display teaching media can
improve students' mastery of English irregular verbs.
Quantitative method was used in this research to prove the hypothesis. The
research was done at SMP MUTIARA KARTINI on October 26th and 27th,2071-
The sample are students in the eighth grade where divided into two groups, group
A and group B. students of this school have backgrounds from the middle to low
family but they have a high spirit to learn English. Group A rvere taught irregular
verbs by using flashcards and others were taught it by using flipchart.
Leaming English irregular verbs by using display teaching media had a
positive impact on students' speaking skill. It was shown that using flash cards
and flipchart had improved students' scores on mastering English irregular verbs
lvhich have same forms in past tense and past participle. Using display teaching
media could bring an enjoyabtre learning process as the reason learning through
flashcards and flipchart help students to learn by auditory and visual; students
were interested to know English irregular verbs very much as the reason every
words had shown on them giving different experience because they are full colors,
pictures, shapes, and etc. However, using flash cards in teaching irregular verbs
was more effective than using flipchart. It can be seen by mean of students' score
who were taught by using flash cards were 8 but mean of the students' score who
were taught by using flipchart was 7.
There is a significant difference of students' mastery of English irregular
verbs between students who were taught by using flash cards and those who were
taught by using flipchart. It was shown by the result of computing to was higher
than t1 (3.030>2.80) so the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted, but null
hypothesis (Ho) was rejected.