A Comparison between The Use of Crossword Puzzle Game and Thematic Dominoes Game on Students’ Vocabulary Mastery at State Junior High School 2 Sinaboi of Rokan Hilir Regency.

Abstrak / Ringkasan

This research was aimed to know which strategy (Crossword Puzzle Game or
Thematic Dominoes Game) could improve students' vocabulary mastery at State
Junior High School 2 Sinaboi of Rokan Hilir Regency. The study used a quasiexperimental,
non-controlled
approach
with
quantitative
research.
The
sample
of
this

study
involved
50
first
grade
students
of
State
Junior
High
School
2
Sinaboi,

Rokan

Hilir

Regency using cluster sampling technique. The Crossword Puzzle Game was
applied to the experiment class 1 (class VII A) consisting of 25 students and
Thematic Dominoes Game was employed to the experiment class 2 (class VII B)
consisting of 25 students. The data were collected using a pre-test and a post-test. The
quantitative data were analyzed by using inferential statistics (independent sample ttest
and
paired
sample
t-test)
and
descriptive.
The
findings
showed
that
there
was
no

significant

differences of students' vocabulary mastery between the experimental
class 1 using Crossword Puzzle Game (gained score = 29.44 and standard deviation =
7.107) and the experiment 2 class using Thematic Dominoes Game (average = 33.28
and standard deviation = 8.463) where the index t = -1.713 with the value of sig (2tailed)
=
0.89

greater than 0.05 (p < 0.05). Therefore, null hypothesis was accepted
and alternate hypothesis was rejected. This means that Crossword Puzzle Game
strategy and the Thematic Dominoes Game strategy could increase the students’
vocabulary, but when viewed from the scores of both strategies Thematic Dominoes
Games (gained score = 33.28) gave better results compared to Crossword Puzzle
Game (gained score = 29.44).


Keywords: Crossword Puzzle Game, Thematic Dominoes Game, vocabulary mastery

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