THE INFLUENCE OF USING CROSSWORD PUZZLE TOWARDS STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AT THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE SEVENTH GRADE OF SMPN 24 BANDARLAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2017/2018

Kasor, Anisah (2018) THE INFLUENCE OF USING CROSSWORD PUZZLE TOWARDS STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AT THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE SEVENTH GRADE OF SMPN 24 BANDARLAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2017/2018. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Raden Intan Lampung.

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Abstract

Vocabulary is very important in language. Without vocabulary people cannot develop the language skills namely, listening, speaking, reading and writing. One of the difficulties of students in English learning activity was vocabulary. The students‟ vocabulary mastery in SMPN 24 Bandar Lampung was still low. The objective of this research was to know whether there was an influence of using crossword puzzle towards students‟ vocabulary mastery at the second semester of the seventh grade of SMPN 24 Bandar Lampung in the academic year of 2017/2018. The methodology of this research was quasi experimental design with the treatment held in five meetings for each class and it consisted of one meeting for pretest, three meetings for treatment and one meeting for posttest. In the experimental class the researcher applied Crossword puzzle as treatment and in control class, the researcher applied Bingo game. The population of this research was seventh grade students of SMPN 24 Bandar Lampung. In collecting the data, the researcher used test. the researcher took the sample by using cluster random technique and the reseacher determind that VII A as the experimental class and VII B as the control class. the researcher used instruments, pre-test and post-test. The instrument of this research was vocabulary test. After giving the post-test, the research analyzed the data by using SPSS to compute independent sample t-test. After the researcher analyzed the data by using independent sample t-test, it was found that the result of Sig. (2-tailed) of the equal variance was 0.000 < a = 0.05. It means that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. Based on the computation, it can be concluded that there was influence of using crossword puzzle towards students‟ vocabulary mastery at the second semester of the seventh grade of SMPN 24 Bandar Lampung in the academic year of 2017/2018.

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