Assessment of English Vocabulary Mastery through Environment-Based Image Media on the 7th Grade Students

Environment-based English vocabulary mastery is the mastery of lexicon which exists in an environment, with the implementation of English, both orally or written. This research aims to assess the English vocabulary through the environment-based image media of the 7th grade students of a junior-high schools in the District of Sumbawa. This research was carried out by applying the quantitative method. The data were obtained from the writing test result of the students, the questionnaire of the teachers and students, and the observation of the learning activities. The analyzed result can be categorized into: (1) The environment-based the urban vocabulary mastery category was 46.55, with the percentage of 14.6% of the students with the good score; (2) The category of environment-based the marine vocabulary mastery was 46.97, with the percentage of 13.5% of the students with good score; (3) The category of environment- based the mountain vocabulary mastery was 47.42, with the percentage of 30% of the students with good score; and (4) The category of environment-based the rural vocabulary mastery was 46.55, with the percentage of 12.9% of the students with a good category score. Based on those result, it can be concluded that the environment-based English vocabulary mastery of the 7th grade students of the junior-high schools in the District of Sumbawa was low.