IMPROVING CADETS’ MASTERY OF IMO STANDARD MARINE COMMUNICATION PHRASES THROUGH PRACTICING BACK CHAINING DRILLS TECHNIQUE

Abstract

This research is aimed at finding out whether the use of Back Chaining Drills technique in teaching vocabulary can improve cadet’s enthusiasm and cadets’ mastery of IMO Standard Marine Communication Phrases.The subjects of this research were 30 cadets of the 3rd semester of Deck Department of PoliteknikIlmuPelayaran Semarang. The action research was implemented in this research and there were two cycles. Each cycle consists of planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The data were collected through observation sheet, questionnaire, and test. The data attained from those instruments were analyzed using formula to calculate mean, the improvement of the cadets’ score and questionnaire percentage. The mean score of the first and second cycle are 67.93 and 76.6. In the first cycle, though the cadets still confused with the technique introduced but they were happy doing it. By the process, the cadets started to enjoy the activities and asked the researcher to add more phrases to practice. In the second cycle, the cadets were very enthusiastic with the “Back Chaining Drills” activity and they could master more phrases. Hence it can be inferred that there was a big improvement. Cadets’ interest and their attitude about learning SMCP’s in class also improved, while their difficulties in using IMO’s SMCP’s decreased. Thus,it can be concluded that there was improvement of cadets’ practice of IMO SMCP of the 3rd semester of PoliteknikIlmuPelayaran Semarang by using Back Chaining Drills.