Improving students’ ability in memorizing vocabulary through implementation of crossword puzzle strategy at grade xi ipa 1 of sma negri 1 natal in academic year 2016/2017

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This research was aimed to find out the improvement of the students’ memorizing at vocabulary through crossword puzzle strategy. The subject of this research was second grade students (XI IPA 1) of SMA Negeri 1 Natal in academic year 2016/2017. It consisted of one class with 30 students as respondents. This research was conducted by using classroom action research. The technique of analyzing data was applied in this research were qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were taken from observation sheet, interview and documentation. The quantitative data were taken from tests. The tests were given to the students in the form of pre-test, post-test I and post-test II. The result of data analysis showed that there was an improvement on the students’ memorizing at vocabulary from each cycle. It was showed from the mean of pre-test was 58.33, after implementation of crossword puzzle strategy was applied, there was improvement of the result of the students’ mean which was 75.46 and for the second cycle after reflection on the first cycle there was an improvement of the students’ mean which was 84.03. Moreover in the pre-test, there were 16% (5 students of 30 students) who got score ? 75. In the post-test I, there were 70% (21 students of 30 students) who got score ? 75. In the post-test II, there were 83% (25 students of 30 students) who got score ? 75. So, the total percentage of the improvement from pre-test to post-test II was about 67%.

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