The Effect of Using Crossword Puzzle Towards Students’ Vocabulary Mastery in the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Bandar Lampung in Academic Year 2017-2018

Deri Sis Nanda,Krisna Ismawati,Melasari Melasari

doi:10.30653/005.201921.37

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Abstract

This research describes the use of Crossword Puzzle to improve students’ vocabulary mastery. Moreover, it was to find out whether Crossword Puzzle is effective to improve students’ vocabulary mastery at the second grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Bandar Lampung. This research used experimental design in which the samples of the research were assessed both before and after an experimental treatment. The subject of the research consisted of 68 students, they were divided into experimental and control group. The instruments used for collecting the data were test which was consisted of pretest and posttest. The data analysis of this research was attempted by using independent sample T-test which was calculated through computing with statistical package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20.The result indicated that the students’ mean score of experimental and control group in post-test were significantly different. It showed that t-count was higher than t-table (4.454 > 1.9966) and the sig. 2-tailed value was lower than sig. Level (0.000 > 0.05). Therefore the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. It meant that there was effective impact of using crossword puzzle towards students’ vocabulary mastery. Decision based on facts, using crossword puzzle as a technique was effective to improve students’ vocabulary. Therefore, it was suggested the use of crossword puzzle as a technique in teaching English generally and teaching Vocabulary specifically

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Vocabulary is one of the most important aspects in learning English, Richards and Renandya (2002) said that vocabulary is essential part of language proficiency and provides a lot of the basis of how well learners listen, write and speak in learning English
The post-test was given after the last treatment to know the effect of crossword puzzle on students’ vocabulary mastery
The t-Test is applied to know the effect of using crossword puzzle technique between two scores of pre-test and post-test of teaching vocabulary

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INTRODUCTION

Vocabulary is one of the most important aspects in learning English, Richards and Renandya (2002) said that vocabulary is essential part of language proficiency and provides a lot of the basis of how well learners listen, write and speak in learning English. Researchers and collaborators determined to apply crossword puzzles to help students improve their vocabulary mastery. Using the technique of crossword, researchers and collaborators expect the students to have a fun atmosphere in learning English and helping them improve their vocabulary mastery. The post-test was given after the last treatment to know the effect of crossword puzzle on students’ vocabulary mastery. The t-Test is applied to know the effect of using crossword puzzle technique between two scores of pre-test and post-test of teaching vocabulary. It means that t-Test will be used to see if there is a significance effect of using crossword puzzle technique on the student’s vocabulary mastery

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