Efforts to Improve the Vocabulary of Indonesian Language for 1st-Grade Elementary Students with Hearing Impairment for Through the Application of Mnemonic

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the increase in the vocabulary of Indonesian students with hearing impairment in grade I special school through the application of Mnemonic. The method used is classroom action research using demonstration learning methods, giving assignments, and asking questions. The results showed that there was an increase in student learning outcomes so the Minimum Completeness Criteria had been set. This happens because the Mnemonic strategy that is applied can help the memory of the subject matter given, attract interest, and according to the learning needs of students with hearing impairment, increase the Indonesian vocabulary of students with hearing impairment. Mnemonics or strategies to help memory have their advantages, namely using visualization aids (figures) that interact with one figure to another, such as figure one interacting with image two, figure two interacting with figure three, and so on. Where visualization (figures) are concrete factors that are highly relied upon by students with hearing impairment in receiving information and in the teaching and learning process.