The Use of Visualization with Pictures and Concept Mapping to Improve English Vocabulary Mastery of Pre-School Children

Abstract

Many studies have come to a strong conclusion that pre-school education is important in supporting children to be ready in their future academic and social development. The writer would like to find out if there is an increase in the mastery of the English vocabulary of the pre-school children through visualization with pictures and concept mapping. A combination of qualitative and quantitative study with pre-test and posttest has been conducted to find out if there is an increase in the mastery of the English vocabulary of kindergarten children of Chatya Manis after given materials using the method. 40 children were chosen to be the samples of the study. The study reveals that there is a significant difference between the average value of the test before and after learning model concept mapping activities.