Empowering Students’ Vocabulary trough Cuisenaire Rods

This paper is attempt to present Cuisenaire Rods in empowering students’ vocabulary at SMPN 1 Kauman as one of interactive media in teaching and learning process. In creating an interactive and innovative media in teaching vocabulary, teacher is charged add more knowledge and know kinds of media and methods for teaching learning. Cuisenaire rod is an instructional media in the silent way method by Caleb Gattegno, in teaching English as the foreign language. It is helpful not only in teaching grammar and pronunciation but also in teaching vocabulary. Classroom action research was applied in this research. The result of this research showed that Cuisenaire Rods can improve students’ vocabulary, 75% students succeed in using Cuisenaire rod, empowered their vocabulary and almost 72% of the students improved their activeness in teaching learning process.