EXPLODING STUDENTS’ CHARACTERS BY MAKING VOCABULARY NOTEBOOK IN ENGLISH DAYS PROGRAM (EDP)

Abstract

This paper is aimed at discussing about the characters achieved by the students by making vocabulary notebook. Character building now days has been considered as a prominent thing in education. Good character will produce the more successful and more competent persons later on. For this reason, teachers are expected to explode the students’ characters rather than transfer the knowledge only. In STAIN Bukittinggi, there is a program which promotes the students’ characters by following some activities. Making vocabulary notebook is one of the suitable activities in EDP that is useful in encouraging students’ characters. This activity is done by doing some steps, such as noting the unknown word, finding the meaning in the dictionary, making the pronunciation of the word and writing a sentence by using the word. In this activity, the students can be urged to be inquisitive persons, because they tend to look dictionary when they find the unknown word. In spite of it, the students will be more talented because they are attracted to make a sentence and the pronunciation of the word. Moreover, they can explore their creativity to make fascinating vocabulary notebook. Furthermore, this activity also builds them as a conscientious and independent one by following these steps. Therefore, those characters can be achieved by the students since they keep making vocabulary notebook as the lecturer asks them.

Keywords: exploding character, making vocabulary notebook