Designing A Corpus-Based Dictionary of K-1 Vocabulary in ‘Bahasa Inggris’ – Grade VII & IX in Indonesia

Abstract

As vocabulary in language learning plays a significant role and helps language learners to develop their ideas and comprehend the language effortlessly. This study explores the vocabulary in textbooks that are currently used for grade 7 and 9 in Indonesian Junior High School with the title “Bahasa Inggris”. Meanwhile, the aim of this study is to design a corpus-based dictionary to assist learners to learn vocabulary in an effective way through the use of a corpus-based dictionary as well as considered as a vocabulary learning strategy to a best acquisition of a second language. First, the sample vocabulary items were selected from “Bahasa Inggris” textbooks. Before the use of vocabulary profiler to determine K1, K2, and K3, uneccesarry parts such as proper noun, phonetic transcripts, numbers, Indonesian words, and pictures or illustration had to be deleted. Second, using the online tool vocabulary profiler, the sample were all selected from a corpus-concordances available in the vocabulary profiler. The findings presented a 150-word corpus-based dictionary and could be used as a complement of students’ textbooks as well as to assist them in acquiring vocabulary since without having sufficient vocabulary they might have barrier to learn the second language.