Mereka bilang aku pemilih dan kesepian
Terlalu keras menjalani hidup
Beribu nasehat dan petuah yang diberikan
Berharap hidupku bahagia

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Aku baik-baik saja
Menikmati hidup yang aku punya
Hidupku sangat sempurna
I’m single and very happy

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Mengejar mimpi-mimpi indah
Bebas lakukan yang aku suka
Berteman dengan siapa saja
I’m single and very happy

Mereka bilang sudah saatnya karena usia
Untuk mencari sang kekasih hati
Tapi ku yakin akan datang pasangan jiwaku
Pada waktu dan cara yang indah

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I’m single and very happy

Waktu terus berjalan
Tak bisa ku hentikan
Ku inginkan yang terbaik untukku

Alasan single, nich:
1. Cat kuku ngelupas, rambut berantakan sana-sini? Don’t worry! Nggak ada yang tertarik kok!
2. Ngak ada kata “nggak” saat diajak gila-gilaan bareng teman-teman! Kamu nggak butuh persetujuan selain dari ortumu
3. Lebih fokus pada kerjaan
4. Lebih banyak spend time bareng keluarga
5. Nggak ada yang ngelarang kita untuk punya banyak cowok
6. Nggak ada yang sering sedikit-sedikit tanyain hi, babe, kamu lg ngapain, pergi sama sp, udah makan lon
7. Nggak ngelakuin salah satu kegiatan yang “dosa” ketika udah punya pacar
8. Lebih suka Ngehabisin waktu untuk melakukan kegiatan (hobby) yang disukai.
9. Nggak ngemaksain kehendak kita untuk tampil it’s not me dihadapan cowok kita
10. Nggak ada yang gangguin waktu kita saat kita pengin menyendiri.

Itu adalah alasan mengapa kita nggak terlalu mikirin untuk nggak punya pacar. tapi jangan juga kelamaan untuk ngejomblo, nggak enak tau! tapi awas!!! kalo pacaran jangan ‘keterlaluan’, its not good!

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

Language can not be separated from our lives because it is used to connect society. We can also describe our ideas, feelings and desires to other people using the language. Raja T. Nasr (1984 : 1) Language is a part of culture and also part of human behavior. There are many languages in the world. They are used to communicate between people in the world. English is an important language and is used as an international language because most countries use it. It is used in all world activities, such as conferences, sport events and world trade. Moreover, English is important in developing sciences, technology, education, and culture because most of resource books are written in English.

Based on Junior High School Curriculum, “Pembelajaran bahasa Inggris di SMP/MTs ditargetkan agar peserta didik dapat mencapai tingkat fungsional yakni berkomunikasi secara lisan dan tulis untuk menyelesaikan masalah sehri-hari”. So, the students in Junior High School should learn English more deeply in order to be able to use and apply it in communication.

H. Asy’ari (2006 : 13) states, “Tujuan Pendidikan Menengah adalah meningkatkan kecerdasan, pengetahuan, kepribadian, akhlak mulia, serta ketrampilan untuk hidup mandiri dan mengikuti pendidikan lebih lanjut. English is also important for them when they come to the next level school or look for a job.

The most important is they have to acquire English that involve four language skills; they are listening, speaking, reading and writing. But, being able to master those skills, the students need vocabulary. “No matter how well the students learn grammar, or how successful the sound of the languages are mastered, without words communication can not occur in any meaningful way (McCarthy, 1990)”.

Many teachers don’t realize that vocabulary is the major problems in confronting English as a foreign language learner. “Vocabulary is the most important component of a language power. In using the language, students who are rich in vocabulary will be successful both in expression skill: speaking and writing and receptive skill: reading and listening. But one who is poor in vocabulary will get trouble in those skills”. (Deignton, 1971: 461)

In a class, most of the students are passive because they don’t know a lot of vocabularies. The teacher uses the old method in which teacher centered. After give explanation, usually the teacher asks the students to answer the questions. So, when the teaching learning process, they give not attention and feel boring at the vocabulary subject. Because of that, the English teachers must have the ability to vary the teaching technique which focused on student centered. It is important to teacher in order to the students change to have pleasure in learning language. The teacher is as a facilitator. Furthermore, as quoted by Murdibjono (1997) teaching techniques are expected to give high priority promoting positive attitude toward learning English.

One technique for teaching English vocabulary is by using game. Games can be used as one of the educational techniques in teaching learning process of English. According to Kolf (1989), through games, vocabulary can be practiced and emphasized. In other word, students can get reinforcement as well as attention to vocabulary. In short, games can break the tension and help the students to avoid boredom in learning English.

The writer has to find out the appropriate game for Junior High School students. Scrabble is a word game for 2, 3 or 4 players. To play consist of forming interlocking words, cross-word fashion on the Scrabble playing board using letter tiles with various score values. Moreover, this game challenges its players to use the maximum number of letters little to put down words in the best possible position, therefore, scrabble presents opportunities for its players to enjoy the game, particularly in the classroom. Scrabble may be the most popular word game around. It’s designed for two to four players and the object is to score points by forming words from lettered tiles on a game board. Everyone starts out with a seven letter tiles and builds off the word constructions set out as the game processes.

Scrabble is indirect learning. When the students play the game, they don’t realize that they are learning. Students also got new words or vocabulary in nature. This competition is aimed at making the learners use the dictionary and improve their vocabulary. Scrabble is not only a fun game, but also a fantastic educational tool. Scrabble makes learning fun. Obviously, it requires and builds strong vocabulary and spelling, but it also requires math (players need to see what players are worth what) and strategy (players need to see what plays are worth the most and what plays might keep their opponents from scoring), even spatial relations and probability. And if you play in teams, you have to work together. It’s a great opportunity for kids to teach and learn from each other. There’s even a version of the classic word game devoted to mathematics, using formulas and equations instead of words. Even kids who are not strong spellers can catch the bug. Scrabble gives them a chance play with letters and develops their interest in words. If a student is good with strategy, he stands a chance. The skills he lacks will grow, watered by his success. The dictionary is the weapon of choice in Scrabble, so it requires a student to gain facility with using that otherwise dreaded book.

Scrabble also has the weakness. It can not be used to more than four students. So, the teacher should be has more than one scrabble. But, if the teachers do not have more scrabbles, they can make and create own scrabble. It called a human Scrabble. Just prepare the paper, pencil and dictionary. The number of paper is same with the number of students. Write down the alphabet letters in those papers, start from vowel (A, I, U, E, O) and another consonants (The comparison between the number of vowel and consonant should be similar. The way of human scrabble playing is easy. Give those paper to every student. Each student get one paper. After that, make a group of them. Give the time about 5 – 7 minutes to every group to discuss the words that formed. After the time over, each group is called consecutively and asked to show the words. If the letters in a group are used that group has a score 10 (highest score). In spite of, if there is one letter is unused, so it will be decreased to score 10. The teacher should be requires the dictionary.

Based on the explanation, the writer hopes students can enjoy their studying and increase the student’s vocabulary continually and hopefully enjoy learning a foreign language. This method will become one new break through in teaching learning activity, which can contribute as an educational research.

1.2 Statement of the Problems

Referring to the background of the study above, the writer wants to reveal by doing this research:

“Can Scrabble increase vocabulary mastery to the first year class students at SMP Darul Mutta’allimin?”

1.3 Purpose of Study

Based on the statement of the problem above, the purpose of this research is as follow:

“To know that the Scrabble can increase the student’s vocabulary mastery

1.4 Significance of the Study

1.4.1        For the teachers of Junior High School

The teacher of Junior High School can get input about the ways of increasing the student’s vocabulary.

1.4.2        For the students of Junior High School

The students can enjoy themselves in learning English in the class and enlarge their vocabulary easily.

1.5 Scope and Limitation

1.5.1        The scope of this research is at SMP Darul Mutta’allimin of the first year class students.

1.5.2        The material of the study is scrabble which is used as an object of discussing in this thesis. The writer limits on concrete vocabulary.

1.6 The Definition of Key Terms

Definition is intended to avoid the ambiguity in perception of some terms used in this study. They are operationally only applied to this study. The definition is as follows:

1.6.1 Teaching

Teaching is the work or profession of a teacher (Longman, 2001 : 1613). Teaching gives somebody instruction, knowledge or skill in school. (Manser, 1991 : 425),

To show somebody how to do something so that they will be able to do it themselves, to give somebody information about a particular subject; to help somebody learn something. (Hornby, 1995 : 1225)

1.6.2. Vocabulary:

The total number of words in a language. List of words with their meanings, especially at the back of the book used for teaching a foreign language. (Manser, 1991 : 461).

All the words known to a person or used in a particular book, subject, etc. (Hornby, 1995 : 1331).

A list of words and sometimes phrases, usually arranged in alphabetical order and defined; a dictionary, glossary, or lexicon. All the words used by a particular person, class, profession, etc: sometimes, all the words recognized and understood by a particular person, although not necessary used by him. (Mckechnie, 1979 : 2046)

1.6.3 Scrabble

A board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crosswords puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game. (wordnet.princeton.du/perl/webwn)

Scrabble is also a board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board. (en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Scrabble)

Jerawat …
Uh, emang bikin kesel!!!
Bagaimana tidak, Muka jadi ga’ mulus lagi, yang tadinya cantik malah jadi jelek, yang jelek malah tambah jelek. Aku punya pengalaman sewaktu SMA about jerawat, walaupun sering di majalah, tv, radio or etc yang banyak ngebahas si Acne. Tapi, nih bener-bener pure kisah gue.
Kenapa sih Jerawat itu ada? Ada yang bilang kalo orang yang punya jerawat berarti tandanya ia sedang falling in love, aku sih ga’ tau perkara gitu-gituan, gue bukan Dokter Bo’? So. Aku sih jarang punya jerawat tapi juga pernah punya jerawat. tapi setelah dipikir, nih jerawat malah buat muka gue jadi aneh. Waktu itu sih gue kelas 1 SMA, emang agak telat sih munculnya, Kata orang nih, kulit gue itu normal, makanya jarang muncul jerawat.
Pertama punya, emang ngeselin tapi juga seneng akhirnya punya symbol jatuh cinta (pikiran yang aneh bukan?dan juga kekanak-kanakan) Gau tau juga sih. Tapi sekali muncul gedenya minta ampun, walaupun Cuma satu tapi aduh malunya.
Nih, cara mutakhir menurut penalamanku sendiri dan dari curhatan temen-temenku mengatasi Si Acne:
• Jaga kebersihan wajah before you sleep
• Kalo tangan lo kurang bersih atau kotor, jangan coba-coba untuk nyentuh atau mencet – mencet muka lo
• Sering minum air putih
• Jangan terlalu stress, hadapi masalahmu dengan bijak dan cari solusi
• Lindungi kulit dari sinar matahari yang berlebihan
• Makan makanan yang bergizi seimbang such as yang mengandung Vitamin A, C dan E.
• Hindari makanan yang mengandung banyak lemak
• Tidurlah minimal 8 jam sehari
• Untuk kulit yang sensitive, check ke Dokter
• Hindari penggunaan kosmetik yang mengandung minyak
Nah tau kan sekarang cara ngatasinnya, tapi kalo ngga’ berhasil berarti kulit lo ngga’ beres. Sorry!!!

Keinginanku, menulis tentang sebuah puisi, bukan cita-citaku. Tapi perasaanku, tentang hidup. Tapi sebelum itu aku ingin mengenal apakah hidup? Hidup bagi diriku adalah hidup, bernafas melakukas aktivitas sehari-hari; mencari ilmu, makan, cari uang, menikah, punya anak. Tapi ada yang lebih penting lagi yaitu beribadah untuk mencapai ridho Tuhan. Sebenarnya, pertama kali kalo kita berfikir tentang hidup bahwa kita akan yakin, optimis bisa mencapai ridho Tuhan, melaksanakan perintah yang dianjurkan oleh agama, menjauhi larangan agama, juga beribadah dengan baik untuk kelak mendaptkan tempat terbaik, yang indah atas kenikmatan. Tapi semakin berlalu waktu, mungkin karena kita merasa santai, cuek, menganggap semua bisa teratasi, keoptimisan itu menjadi kesengsaraan. Jadi, ketika melihat orang lain yang berakhlak mulia, kita merasakan adanya kecemburuan, iri dan juga kesedihan. So, aku berharap, semua manusia di dunia lebih peduli dengan dirinya tentang masa depan. Walaupun aku juga percaya tentang jalani hidup ini dengan mengalir aja, tapi ternyata hal yang tak terduga yang tak kita harapkan tiba-tiba muncul dan akhirnya kita tidak bisa mengatasinyai, kita akan menyesal lahir batin selama hidup. Ketahuilah, sampai detik ini aku ingin membenarkan hidupku sendiri, tapi itu sangat sulit. Kalo kita sudah terjerumus, lebih sangat sulit menghapusnya daripada kita melakukannya.

Ketika tuhan menciptakan
Ia sempurna
Terfalisitasi dengan indah
Ia bangga
Hanya karena ingin mengetahui
Seberapa besar cinta
Ketaatan pada-Nya
Tapi dirusaknya
Menodainya
Padahal mereka ketahui
Mereka akan musnah
Seperti debu
Yang tak begitu berharga
Yang bertebaran
Meminta pengampunan pada-Nya
Yang tidak mereka lakukan ketika hidupnya
Tidakkah mereka tahu
Ada nirvana indah menanti disana
Memberinya kenikmatan
Jiwa raga,lahir batin,
Orang hanya bisa mati satu kali saja
Tapi perjalanan hidup, amal, noda, selamanya akan dibawa
Ia mengawasinya
Ia minta pertanggungjawaban darinya
Ketika tidak penuhi keinginannya
Ia akan membalasnya

Maaf tuhanku
Aku kalah
Aku pasrah
Seluruh jiwaraga ini
Aku hanya inginkan
Yang terbaik bagiku
Tapi
Apa yang kulakukan
Sungguh
Aku malu pada syahadatku

Do’a adalah suara iman
Beramallah,
Agar Tuhan memberikan karunia-Nya
Untuk mendapatkan kenikmatan darinya

Orang yang berani,
Bukan hanya orang yang dapat melawan musuh-musuhnya,
Tetapi juga orang yang dapat menaklukkan hawa nafsunya.
Karena itu,
Berbahagialah yang berbuat baik
Karena itu akan membawamu pada keberuntungan

Hidup membawa berkah
Agar kita dapat merasakan nikmat dan indahnya dunia
Dengan amal kebaikan
Kita juga dapat merasakan nikmat dan indah yang kekal
Jika ingin berbuat baik, lakukanlah sekarang, jika ingin berbuat keji, tunggulah sampai esok.

Aku ga’ percaya bahwa wanita dapat disamakan dengan pria. Aku hanya percaya bahwa wanita hanya memiliki kehalusan yang tak ada pada pria.

Hey Girls …

Berteman ama cowok!!!
Emang sih, kadang bisa fun, but kadang juga menyebalkan
Mereka kadang ngga’ ngertiin kita. Tapi saat kalian ngobrol and hang out bareng, ternyata fun.
Cowok itu lebih cuek,santai, juga ngga’ terlalu bikin susah ngatur hidupnya. Kalo cewek kan kadang pemikirannya lebih dewasa and pemikir.

Buat kalian-kalian yang lebih seneng berteman, curhat, ngobrol ama cowok, nie ada tips buat kalian:
1. Jangan perlakukan mereka seperti adikmu.
2. Jangan manggil dia dengan panggilan kesayangannnya di rumah di depan teman-temannya atau cewek yang dia taksir.
3. Jangan terlalu ikut campur dengan teman cewek kamu yang cocok dengannya.
4. Beri solusi ketika ia sedang curhat, ngga’ kaya’ cewek yang lebih suka minta pendapat daripada dihibur.
5. Jangan sedikit-sedikit minta dibayarin.
6. Biasanya mereka ngga’ suka bercandaan yang biasanya sedikit berlebihan.
7. Cowok ngga’ suka lihat cewek lebih maskulin dari dirinya.
8. Ketimbang cewek, cowok lebih menjaga rahasia dengan baik.
9. Jangan terlalu manja
10. Jangan sering ngajak mereka nonton film yang so romantis.
11. Jangan buka kebiasaan jeleknya di depan cewek yang dia taksir.
12. Jangan terlalu sering menghubunginya.
13. Jujur saat membantunya milih barang. Kalo kalian ngerasa itu ngga’ pas buat dia, mending langsung bilang aja.
14. Jangan sering ngomongin orang coz cowok ngga’ suka ngegosip.
15. Mereka suka melakukan hal yang “gila”, so kalian mesti tau ngatasinnya
16. Jangan nyuruh dia jadi penumpang sedangkan kalian nyetir motor/mobil kalian. Mereka ngga’ suka liat cewek menyetir sementara ia jadi penumpang.
17. Jangan ngecek-ngecek inbox HP-nya.

Tahu kan kini, nah kalian bisa gunakan jurus itu untuk punya teman cowok sebanyak-banyaknya yang bisa ngertiiin dia. Tapi kalo mereka ga’ ngertiin kita (cewek), gimana??? Itu lain lagi, ga’ usah buang waktu, ngabaikan perasaanmu untuk mereka yang ga’ peduliin kita. Ga’ usah maksa dech, kaya nggak punya teman cowok lain aja. Teman cewek juga bisa kok dijadikan bestfriend. Asal kalian milih yang tepat aja, yang ngga’ ember. OK!!! Now, up to u!!!

Walaupun kita selanjutnya akan dibenci atau disayang

Tapi kita juga harus tahu …

Akhirnya …

Semuanya itu tidak penting

Karna kita akan dipilih dengan terang

Tempat mana yang layak buat diri kita

Kegelapan atau Surga

Tapi satu hal yang harus sipahami

Di alam nyata apakah kita sudah berusaha dan berdo’a

Dari yang terbaik

Jika demikian

Itulah kuncinya

Read this song lyric from Eric Clapton!

Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven

Would it be the same if I saw you in heaven

I must be strong and carry on

cause I know I don’t belong here in heaven

Time can bring you down

Time can bring you knees

Time can take your heart

Oh baby begging please, begging please…