THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY TO TEACH VOCABULARY VIEWED FROM STUDENTS’ SELF-EFFICACY

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Abstract The objectives of the research are to find out whether: (1) Electronic Dictionary is more effective than Printed Dictionary in teaching Vocabulary; (2) the students with high level of self-efficacy have better vocabulary mastery than those with low level of self-efficacy; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching media and students’ self-efficacy. The experimental research was carried out at Institut Agama Islam Negeri Raden Intan, Lampung in the Academic Year of 2012/2013, from October to December 2012. The samples which took two classes were done using cluster random sampling technique. Each class was divided into two groups students who have high and low self-efficacy. The techniques which were used to collect the data were questionnaire and vocabulary test. The two instruments were tried out to obtain valid and reliable items. The researcher analyzed the data using ANOVA or analysis of variance and Tukey test. The result of research findings leads to the conclusion that: (1) using electronic dictionary is more effective than printed dictionary to teach vocabulary for the first semester students of English Education of Institut Agama Islam Negeri Raden Intan, Lampung; (2) students having high self-efficacy have better vocabulary mastery than students having low self-efficacy; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching media and self-efficacy. Results indicated that an Electronic Dictionary is an effective learning tool that can enhance vocabulary learning. Keywords: electronic dictionary, conventional printed dictionary, vocabulary, self-efficacy, experimental study.