The Effectiveness of Stirred Word Game on Students’ English Vocabulary Mastery in Junior High School at MTsN 1 Medan.

Abstrak / Ringkasan

Vocabulary was one of the most important elements in learning language.Vocabulary was important to be learned by the students who want to master a language. This research included memorizing vocabularies and how to pronounce words. The objective of the research was to identify the effectiveness of stirred word game on students’ English vocabulary mastery. Related to the objective of the research, the researcher used experimental method. The research was conducted at MTsN 1 Medan. Patumbak from 10th August until 09th September 2018, in the academic year 2018/2019. The population of the research was eighth grade students of MTsN 1 Medan. The total number of population was 350 students, all of them came from eighth class. The sampling of the research was cluster random sampling. From the population, two classes were taken randomly as the sample. The samples were class VIII 2 as the experimental class and class VIII 1 as the control class. Both of them consisted of 32 students. This research uses quantitative approach with true experimental design. The technique of collecting data used a test. The data was analyzed by using t-test formula and pre- requisite test (normality and homogeneity test). The data analysis of the research showed that stirred word game was effective in teaching vocabulary. The result of computation of t-test showed that t > ttable (2,720 >1.67) for level significance 0.05, Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. It means that stirred word game was effective in teaching vocabulary at the eighth grade of MTsN 1 MEDAN in the academic year 2018/2019. Therefore, it could be concluded that stirred word game could be applied by the teacher teach vocabulary.

Topik Terkait

Sitasi