PROMOTING PICTURES MEDIA TO HELP STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN KAMPUNG BABAKAN DES. CIBADAK KEC. CIBADAK

Abstract

Community service activities carried out in groups that is mentoring activities which aim to help students improve English vocabulary through Pictures Media. The extension of working from home, studying from home has been extended again by the government due to a significant spike in many places in almost all parts of Indonesia. This also has an impact on the education sector which continues to return online. Whereas previously the Minister of Education and Culture had announced that back-to-school learning would be held, but due to conditions that were not very possible with the pandemic conditions, all students in Indonesia from elementary to tertiary levels were obliged to return to online learning (on the network). Students in Cibadak village environment need learning assistance during this pandemic because studying from home for too long causes a decrease in student interest in learning and makes students no longer enthusiastic. This phenomenon adds to its own concerns because students become unintelligent, lazy, apathetic, individualistic, and can even forget how it feels to study in class. Of course, English is not new for students, they have studied at school, but the problem is that the students' English skills are not growing properly. Moreover, they focus on vocabulary because learning English for elementary school level was initially emphasized how they know English vocabulary. Even though they are familiar with English vocabulary, they don't remember much English vocabulary, therefore the focus of this service is on how to promote the English vocabulary of elementary school students. The technique used in this online service is by using picture games. Pictures games have their own interesting in learning English vocabulary, students like to play with games and this situation will make students more enthusiastic in learning English. The service was carried out in Kampung Babaka, Cibadak sub-district, the participants were taken randomly who lived in the local environment consisted of 17 students. the result show after a month that students got progress in learning English vocabulary in term of memorizing words and telling words.

• Key words: Promoting, Vocabulary, Pictures Games